The role of local ecological knowledge in sustainable urban planning: perspectives from Finland

This paper is a study of the role of local ecological knowledge (LEK) as lay-expert knowledge in the urban land use planning process in Finland . The research addresses the importance of LEK, and the ways LEK is obtained and used. To obtain data, planning officials, biologists, and representatives o...

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Main Authors: Johanna Kohl, Vesa Yli-Pelkonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2005-03-01
Series:Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
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Online Access:http://ejournal.nbii.org/archives/vol1iss1/0410-007.yli-pelkonen.html