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Capturing gender-specific understanding of landscape functions through participatory GIS
Author
Caroline Duque-Piñon, Marcel Langer and Isidra B. Bagares
Editors
Delia Catacutan, E. McGaw and MA Llanza
Year
2014
Book Title
In Equal Measure: A User Guide to Gender Analysis in Agroforestry
Publisher
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) Southeast Asia Regional Program
City of Publication
Los Banos, Philippines
Number of Pages of the book
5
Pages
53-57
Call Number
BC0420-15
Abstract:
Geographic information system (GIS) is a computer application that can
create, store, manipulate, visualize and analyse spatial and temporal
information. GIS can capture the social and institutional dimensions in
space and time by involving local stakeholders in the generation of information
included in the analysis—an approach we call participatory GIS (PGIS). PGIS
has been applied in a wide range of contexts, including urban planning, conflict
management over natural resources and land boundaries, and land use and
natural resource planning and management.
In Manupali watershed, southern Philippines, we used participatory GIS to
capture spatially explicit gendered understanding of landscapes and their linkages
to environmental services and livelihoods, and gendered access and control over
resources.
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