Participatory GIS for Community Development Planning
Disaster risk management practices engage local community to explore different aspects of hazard risk and DRM implementation methods, practices, and even cultural changes to contain and reduce the probabilities that a natural hazard will result in a disaster situation. In this training participants will explore the applicability of public participation for mapping community and GIS analysis to enhance their DRM efforts. Participatory Geographic information systems (GIS) methodologies work like any other standard participatory research methods incorporates end users and researchers into a collaborative environment where GIS are structured under the guidance of both the expert and the community members.
Day 1
- Putting spatial reference to community engagement
- Participatory methods for Community Mapping
- Applications and limitations of community maps
- Community Mapping Life Cycle
Day 2
- Participatory GIS (P-GIS)
- Use of Open Source Applications and Data
- Why P-GIS – Applications & Considerations?
- P-GIS Life Cycle
Day 3
- Spatial Data – How to overcome this bottleneck?
- Using GPS and Smart Phone Technologies
- Open data/ Big Data – Opportunities, Limitations, and Concerns
- P-GIS Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Process