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Participatory GIS

Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS), and the related Public Participation GIS (PPGIS), are approaches in which communities themselves create and use spatial data and maps to represent local spatial knowledge for resource management, land and resource tenure, and planning. Spanning a continuum from sketch mapping with sticks and stones on the ground to georeferenced data held in formal GIS, the approach merges the empowering ethos of participatory development, articulated by Robert Chambers, with the analytical and communicative power of geographic information technology.

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Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS / PPGIS) for Development
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  • Chambers, R. (2006). Participatory Mapping and Geographic Information Systems: Whose Map? Who is Empowered and Who Disempowered? Who Gains and Who Loses? The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 25(1), 1-11. · DOI 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2006.tb00163.x
  • Corbett, J. (2009). Good Practices in Participatory Mapping: A Review Prepared for the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). Rome: IFAD. · URL
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Same method familyParticipatory Mappingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketParticipatory Rural Appraisalmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familySpatial Poverty Mappingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyStakeholder Analysis for Developmentmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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