title: Participatory, Multi-Criteria Evaluation Methods as a Means to Increase the Legitimacy and Sustainability of Land Use Planning Processes. The Case of the Chaco Region in Salta, Argentina.
abstract: Conflicts over land use and ownership are common in South America and generate frequent confrontations among indigenous peoples, small-scale farmers, and large-scale agricultural producers. We argue in this paper that an accurate identification of these conflicts, together with a participatory evaluation of their importance, will increase the social legitimacy of land use planning processes, rendering decision-making more sustainable in the long term. We describe here a participatory, multi-criteria conflict assessment model developed to identify, locate, and categorize land tenure and use conflicts. The model was applied to the case of the "Chaco" region of the province of Salta, in northwestern Argentina. Basic geographic, cadastral, and social information needed to apply the model was made spatially explicit on a Geographic Information System. Results illustrate the contrasting perceptions of different stakeholders (government officials, social and environmental non-governmental organizations, large-scale agricultural producers, and scholars) on the intensity of land use conflicts in the study area. These results can help better understand and address land tenure conflicts in areas with different cultures and conflicting social and enviornmental interests.
authors: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía No Convencional (INENCO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Avenida Bolivia 5150, Salta, A4408FVY, Argentina. Lucas.Seghezzo@conicet.gov.ar.
authors: Lucas
authors: 0000-0002-9525-5131
authors: L
authors: Seghezzo
authors: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía No Convencional (INENCO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Avenida Bolivia 5150, Salta, A4408FVY, Argentina.
authors: Cristian
authors: C
authors: Venencia
authors: Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (ICSOH), CONICET - UNSa, Avenida Bolivia 5150, Salta, A4408FVY, Argentina.
authors: E Catalina
authors: EC
authors: Buliubasich
authors: Instituto de Investigaciones en Energía No Convencional (INENCO), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Salta (UNSa), Avenida Bolivia 5150, Salta, A4408FVY, Argentina.
authors: Martín A
authors: MA
authors: Iribarnegaray
authors: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Ruta Nacional 68, km 172, Salta, Argentina.
authors: José N
authors: JN
authors: Volante
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D001118:Argentina; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D003657:Decision Making; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006077:Government Agencies; D033161:Government Regulation; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009938:Organizations; D010067:Ownership; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Argentina; Conflict assessment model; Land rights; Land tenure; Land use planning; Salta