Ostrom, E., and H. Nagendra. 2006. Insights on linking forests, trees, and people from the air, on the ground, and in the laboratory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(51):19224-19231.

2.4.3.4.2 INTEGRATIVE METHODS AND MODELS: Analytic methods - Assessments - Integrated assessments An assessment is seen as integrated when it incorporates methods and data from many disciplines and practitioners. The term was first made popular to describe models addressing climate change with physical, biological, and socio-economic dimensions, but subsequently has been applied to a variety of human-environment problems and systems. The Reading effectively integrates data and understanding from remote sensing, field studies, laboratory experiments, and from the natural and social sciences, to examine forest management under different tenure arrangements.

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