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The inequalities in the spatial distribution of infrastructural facilities have led to exclusion, poverty and lopsidedness in sustainable development. This is worsened by lack of reliable spatial and local data to plan for development issues. This paper employs the benefits of Participatory Geographical Information System to data collection and analysis for decision making in Community Driven Development at Upperland community, Ado- Ekiti in Nigeria. The data used for the study were collected through Participatory Rural Appraisal - Stakeholders' Analysis, Focus Group Discussion, Transect Walk and Voting- while ArcGIS 10.2.2 software was used for analysis such buffering. The results showed that the community people have indigenous spatial knowledge that development planners can rely upon. The study concludes that to have a sustainable community development, planners should tap into motivation, desire, knowledge and networks of local communities.
Upul Indika Kumara
PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING A CASE STUDY2010 •
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is now recognized widely as a valuable tool for managing, analyzing, and displaying large volumes of diverse data pertinent to many local and regional planning activities. GIS is simply a part of an organization’s information management system. It is the component that best manage data with spatial component and provide a platform from which data can be easily sourced, data quality can be verified, the decision making process can be made transparent and data gathering times can be significantly reduced. This work is an effort to develop GIS-based spatial planning and monitoring systems in participatory community development. It is easy to manage development activities using GIS as an effective tool for participatory community development. Attempt was made in this report; to explore how the participatory GIS can be used for community development. This research report outlines the theory behind how GIS work, and the practical benefits and problems of their use on rural poverty alleviation projects. In particular, the methodology of project seeks to provide practical support for those considering using GIS. Topics covered in the project area include decision-making, data sourcing, data quality management, and GIS Project Management. Throughout the module, there are real examples taken from across the villages to illustrate the benefits and potential problems associated with the use of GIS. Other aspects such as web, MIS links are also embedded into the module to other specialist GIS sites, including data providers, GIS suppliers and other members of the GIS user community so that anybody can seek further information. Simple Google Mapping techniques were used for village level participatory planning activities instead of social mapping on the earth. Participatory Rural Approach (PRA) tools improved with GIS technology and simplified for the communities to use in their village planning. GIS is used mainly within the planning activities in the national level of the project. In this project, community participation is used as collaborative planning exercise and village level information published on web based system. Open source web GIS software (Map bender, Map server, Geo Server, PostGreSQL) were used for monitoring project activities. The project can thereby monitor what is happening now, what may happen in the future and who is to be benefitted from the project etc. The survey results and spatial data are collected from the web to the central database that allows for querying and reporting so that the decision makers can understand trends and spatial variations across the country to develop policies towards achieving their goals. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools and techniques further introduce decision makers how GIS can be used to help make better community development decisions.
FUDMA Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
Application of Participatory Land Use Planning Tool in Some Community Development Areas of Jigawa State, NigeriaParticipatory land use planning was conducted with the aim to develop community natural resources maps in some selected community development areas (CDA) for sustainable land use planning and problem prioritization for intervention in Jigawa State. Mapping of the community natural resources was conducted in six selected communities in two local government areas: Auyo LGA (Auyokayi, Ayan and Gamafoi), Dutse LGA (Dagwaje, Gandun Fawa and Kwadiya). The six CDAs were sketched, delineated and mapped participatorily, thereafter, problems of each of the CDAs were listed and ranked. The results obtained indicated that, land use types identified were rain-fed/upland, Fadama/ lowland, Sand-dunes areas and others. Farmlands are the major land use types in the study area, major prioritized problems by the farmers were poor irrigation facilities, low soil fertility, poor access roads and, inadequate water for domestic use.
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International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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Spatial Decision Support System for Livelihood Programmes in Northern NigeriaThe paper examines the relevance of geospatial maps and technics in execution of livelihood support projects among rural poor. Previous attempts towards driving the poor along prosperity pathways in Nigeria have failed because of incorrect deployment of interventions in time and space. Global positioning systems and Geographical information systems were employed in this study to provide insight to the challenges faced by previous livelihood support projects in the country while also providing a robust spatial decision support system for geographical targeting of interventions to vulnerable households. The study selected 1,459 households from the 42,000 households adopted for the Feed the Future Project in 3 northern States namely; Sokoto, Kebbi States and the Federal Capital Territory. Acquired survey data were converted into GIS maps so as to expose hidden trends in the characteristics of target population and to suggest the best options for interventions. The data were subjected ...
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Participatory GIS and decision-making -practical cases in agriculture, health, livestocks and tourism in Cameroon2019 •
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of Participatory GIS (PGIS) in the process of decision-making in a developing country context. This practice is an alternative process between GIS and Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) methods. It highlights specificities in agriculture and livestocks, health and tourism whose different departments are adjusting to government's efforts to solve local issues while including local populations. The main methods used here are cognitive mapping and focus groups with GIS facilitators. The results obtained are Counting Zones, Health Areas and Touristic Spatial Units delimitations confined or not inside the different district's boundaries, but consensually validated by all the stakeholders. It confirms that the Indigenous System of knowledge (ISK), combined to GIS expertise and administrative coordination, is dynamic in supporting the Cameroon's advances on the field of proximity governance and territorial planning.
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