Land Use Planning (LUP) is a central tool of public policy for promoting Sustainable Land Management (SLM) in social-ecological systems of drylands, considering the strong dependence between local communities and their natural resources. This work highlights the collective process carried out for achieving the Diagnosis of the physical-biological subsystem and for formulating conservation and SLM strategies in La Paz department, Argentina, within the framework of the LUP Municipal Plan (LUPMP). To do so, a methodology that combines participatory techniques, like collective mapping, with use of geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing. The collective construction of knowledge, through interaction among the scientific, governmental and local communities, allowed to define and validate eight Territorial Integration Units, priority sites for conservation of the natural and cultural heritage, SLM practices and LUP programs. The resulting Diagnosis constitutes a key information input for making decisions aimed at sustainability, replicable in other drylands.

考虑到地方社区及其自然资源之间的强烈依赖关系，土地使用规划（LUP）是公共政策的主要工具，可在干旱地区的社会生态系统中促进可持续土地管理（SLM）。这项工作强调了在LUP市政计划（LUPMP）框架内在阿根廷拉巴斯省为实现物理-生物学子系统的诊断以及制定保护和SLM策略而采取的集体过程。为此，采用了一种将参与式技术（如集体制图）与地理信息系统（GIS）和遥感相结合的方法。通过科学，政府和地方社区之间的互动，知识的集体建构可以定义和验证八个领土整合单位，保护自然和文化遗产，SLM实践和LUP计划的优先场所。诊断结果构成了关键信息输入，可用于制定旨在可持续发展的决策，并可在其他干旱地区复制。