perspective from the overall understanding which will emerge stratagem for adaptation. The research approach in this endeavor is described in following sections.
7 Structure of an Integrated Interdisciplinary Land Use
Modeling Approach in Indian Perspective
for Sustainable Socio-ecological Development
Land use management and sustainable socio-ecological development is becoming
the prime concern among researchers, policy planners, and decision makers. It
requires knowledge that goes beyond the boundary of any single discipline and
covers multiple objectives of researchers from different disciplines. There are
numerous integrated interdisciplinary approaches for understanding the complexities of natural systems. Many model realizations which have been built using the
integrated framework have successfully been implemented and evaluated in several
countries in Africa, South America, Europe, and Asia as well as on the global scale
(Kaechele and Dabbart 2002; Schaldach et al. 2006; Lapola et al. 2010; Schladach
et al. 2011a; Nautiyal et al. 2010, 2011) and have focus on different aspects of land
use systems (urban development, agriculture, animal husbandry, supply and
demand for ecological resources, etc.). Thus, the main objective is to analyze
Fig. 1 Selection of study areas in various agroecological regions
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