%0 Article
%T Policy analysis and integrated land use.
%A Papanastasis, Vasilios P.
%D 1986
%J Silva Fennica
%V 20
%N 4
%R doi:10.14214/sf.a27739
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5283
%X <p>Land use problems are very often a serious obstacle to forestry development in several countries of both developed and developing world. To overcome these problems an integrated land use policy is needed for designing and implementing innovative programs aimed at the integrated development of forestry with other land uses and the social, cultural, political, ecological and economic environment involved. Policy analysis can assist in the success of such programs by identifying the people’s needs and concerns, by gathering information about land capacity, land tenure and the traditional production systems, by testing alternative polices and by evaluating the programs after their implementation so that the necessary readjustments are made.</p>