Using participatory geographic approaches for urban flood risk in Santiago de Chile: Insights from a governance analysis

Usón, Tomás J.; Klonner, Carolin; Höfle, Bernhard

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.08.002

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“…Numerous local maps are produced annually around the world, constituting a significant but still underutilized source of local risk information. With the emergence and increasing availability of global positioning systems (GPS), remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources and techniques, participatory interpretation of aerial photographs, or participatory GIS analyses have been introduced to community-based disaster risk management [32][33][34]. However, our observations and communications with relevant organizations show that currently most VCA maps are still drawn on paper.…”

Section: Literature Review: Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mappmentioning

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Integrated Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mapping for Enhancing Disaster Resilience

Liu

Dugar²,

McCallum

et al. 2018

IJGI

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Critical knowledge gaps seriously hinder efforts for building disaster resilience at all levels, especially in disaster-prone least developed countries. Information deficiency is most serious at local levels, especially in terms of spatial information on risk, resources, and capacities of communities. To tackle this challenge, we develop a general methodological approach that integrates community-based participatory mapping processes, one that has been widely used by governments and non-government organizations in the fields of natural resources management, disaster risk reduction and rural development, with emerging collaborative digital mapping techniques. We demonstrate the value and potential of this integrated participatory and collaborative mapping approach by conducting a pilot study in the flood-prone lower Karnali river basin in Western Nepal. The process engaged a wide range of stakeholders and non-stakeholder citizens to co-produce locally relevant geographic information on resources, capacities, and flood risks of selected communities. The new digital community maps are richer in content, more accurate, and easier to update and share than those produced by conventional Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCAs), a variant of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), that is widely used by various government and non-government organizations. We discuss how this integrated mapping approach may provide an effective link between coordinating and implementing local disaster risk reduction and resilience building interventions to designing and informing regional development plans, as well as its limitations in terms of technological barrier, map ownership, and empowerment potential.

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Section: Literature Review: Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mappmentioning

confidence: 90%

Integrated Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mapping for Enhancing Disaster Resilience

Liu

Dugar²,

McCallum

et al. 2018

IJGI

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“…However, considerable effort is required to ensure the effective operation of these sensors. Participatory monitoring can involve supervision and/or installation of such sensor networks; in high‐risk, low‐data availability areas, citizens can provide additional, often qualitative, information via various devices such as smartphones (Volunteered Geographical Information: VGI) …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, the initial results of the Creek Watch program in the western USA did not greatly progress, perhaps because specific roles were not yet fully defined for the relevant actors in this flood resilience‐building project . Sometimes, governmental bodies or scientists do not recognize local actors as being able to produce high‐quality, official information; furthermore, community interest or deliberation over possible solutions may be lacking …”

Section: Citizen Science In Hydrologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As stated earlier, typical hydrological measurements are not easily integrated within the citizen science framework: they are often complicated, expensive, and tailored to the specific needs of professional scientists. As a result, the monitoring procedure may need to be technically simplified to, for instance, basic visual observations of river levels and flow rate, or geotagged photos and videos of flooding …”

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“…On the other hand, there are also several good examples, such as the citizen‐led measurement of precipitation, river water, and soil moisture levels . This process has been greatly aided by rapid technological development over the past 10–15 years, with small, cheap sensors now widely available in smartphones, which themselves are generally fully Internet connected and come with sophisticated cameras as standard . Moreover, the management of flood risk through interaction with social media and simple smartphone‐based flow estimation, is another common hydrological citizen science application.…”

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Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building

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In disaster risk management (DRM), an emerging shift has been noted from broad-scale, top-down assessments toward more participatory, community-based, bottom-up approaches. Arguably, nonscientist local stakeholders have always played an important role in knowledge risk management and resilience building within a hydrological context, such as flood response and drought alleviation. However, rapidly developing information and communication technologies such as the Internet, smartphones, and social media have already demonstrated their sizeable potential to make knowledge creation more multidirectional, decentralized, diverse, and inclusive. Combined with technologies for robust and low-cost sensor networks, a ‘citizen science’ approach has recently emerged as a promising direction in the provision of extensive, real-time information for risk management. Such projects work best when there is community buy-in, when their purpose(s) are clearly defined at the outset, and when the motivations and skillsets of all participants and stakeholders are well understood. They have great potential to enhance knowledge creation, not only for data collection, but also for analysis or interpretation. In addition, they can serve as a means of educating and empowering communities and stakeholders that are bypassed by more traditional knowledge generation processes. Here, we review the state-of-the-art of citizen science within the context of hydrological risk reduction and resilience building. Particularly when embedded within a polycentric approach toward risk governance, we argue that citizen science could complement more traditional knowledge generation practices, and also enhance innovation, adaptation, multidirectional information provision, risk management, and local resilience building

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Integrated Participatory Methodologies for Disaster Risk Reduction: Tools to Analyze Complex Systems Through Participatory Processes in Brazil

Ardaya

Evers

Ribbe

2018

Strategies and Tools for a Sustainable Rural Rio De Janeiro

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Using participatory geographic approaches for urban flood risk in Santiago de Chile: Insights from a governance analysis

Cited by 34 publications

References 34 publications

Integrated Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mapping for Enhancing Disaster Resilience

Integrated Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mapping for Enhancing Disaster Resilience

Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building

Integrated Participatory Methodologies for Disaster Risk Reduction: Tools to Analyze Complex Systems Through Participatory Processes in Brazil

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