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标题：Knowledge for Sustainable Development in the Tajik Pamir Mountains
其他标题：Knowledge for Sustainable Development in the Tajik Pamir Mountains
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作者：Thomas Breu ; Daniel Maselli ; Hans Hurni 等
期刊名称：Mountain Research and Development
印刷版ISSN：0276-4741
电子版ISSN：1994-7151
出版年度：2005
卷号：25
期号：2
页码：139-146
DOI：10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0139:KFSDIT]2.0.CO;2
摘要：Initiating a process of informed decision-making for sustainable development requires the following: a) the values and objectives to be pursued need to be negotiated among all concerned stakeholders of a specific territorial unit; b) these stakeholders should have access to a comparable level of knowledge; and c) the decisions taken and the subsequent actions initiated should have a positive impact on all dimensions of sustainability. In the remote Tajik Pamir mountains, a special effort was made to fulfill the above 3 principles by developing and applying a new methodological approach to sustainable development. The paper presents the results of a multi-year baseline study project in which 10 sectors ranging from agriculture to natural hazards were assessed by a transdisciplinary Swiss–Tajik research team. This knowledge base was enhanced in a development strategy workshop that brought together stakeholders from the local to the international levels. The methodology applied was found appropriate to initiate a broad reflection and negotiation process among various stakeholder groups, leading to a joint identification of possible measures to be taken. Knowledge—and its enhancement through the involvement of all stakeholder levels—appeared to be an effective carrier of innovation and changes of attitudes, thus containing the potential to effectively contribute to sustainable development in marginalized and resource-poor mountain areas.
关键词：Sustainable regional mountain development; transdisciplinarity; multi-level stakeholder process; knowledge generation; Pamirs; Tajikistan