2015
DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2015.1067593
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Using partial participatory GIS in vulnerability and disaster risk reduction in Grenada

Abstract: This paper describes the findings of a novel participatory geographic information systems (PGISs) methodology designed to support vulnerability and disaster risk management (DRM) efforts in small Caribbean communities. The methodology combines community vulnerability mapping with geo-referenced household data through a step-by-step approach to record information on household vulnerability and community hazards. We used "partial" PGIS to demonstrate the benefits of implementing a participatory mapping technique… Show more

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“…The innovative contribution of our investigation in comparison with previous works, such as Canevari-Luzardo et al [12] and Musungu et al [13] is the size of the survey, 502 households, and the level of details obtained on each flood risk parameters, in particular, detailed information on flood hazard. Moreover, we demonstrated how local knowledge can complement the use of remote sensing analysis, aspect that wasn't integrated in Canevari-Luzardo et al [12] and Musungu et al [13].…”
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confidence: 95%
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“…The innovative contribution of our investigation in comparison with previous works, such as Canevari-Luzardo et al [12] and Musungu et al [13] is the size of the survey, 502 households, and the level of details obtained on each flood risk parameters, in particular, detailed information on flood hazard. Moreover, we demonstrated how local knowledge can complement the use of remote sensing analysis, aspect that wasn't integrated in Canevari-Luzardo et al [12] and Musungu et al [13].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Moreover, we demonstrated how local knowledge can complement the use of remote sensing analysis, aspect that wasn't integrated in Canevari-Luzardo et al [12] and Musungu et al [13].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For this we needed to engage relevant stake-holders, like the community leaders or the women in charge of managing the rural laundries or "lavaderos" who have lasted from the colonial period and still represent a traditional way to use natural resources for the community. If we had only relied on tools like geographic information systems technology (GIS), we might be limiting the ratio of engagement to just a few people besides our research team and some specialists (Canevari-Luzardo et al 2017). We needed to pursue a novel way to target and co-produce local knowledge, so we undertook a study about walking trails that incorporated interviews with the community leaders and developed a generative toolkit (Sanders and Stappers 2012) that supported map making through workshop sessions with a variety of participants and a followed them up with an observational guidebook to be distributed among other neighbours that could not attend the workshops.…”
Section: Maps As Practice Instead Of a Representationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From our scientific perspective we needed to use these technologies to store, retrieve, map and analyse geographic data but we also needed to integrate, and layer local knowledge and data generated for the community to use. So, we decided to assume an intermediary or facilitator role for technology and assumed a "partial participatory GIS approach" a process where all the computerized aspects of GIS are undertaken by a technical expert (Canevari-Luzardo et al 2017); in our case, the main designer and geographer of the research team. Our process consisted of 4 stages: Stage 1.…”
Section: West Region Mountain Communities and Selection Of Mapping Mementioning
confidence: 99%