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Participatory mapping for community empowerment

Participatory mapping for community empowerment This paper attempts to show how participatory mapping practices can contribute to local water resource management for community empowerment. The river bank communities such as Chapra encounter exclusion because of geographic aspects of local water development projects. To understand this exclusion, this paper focuses on the research question; why did the Ganges-Kobodak and the Gorai River Restoration Projects cover some parts of Chapra and ignore others? This question is addressed here by using participatory mapping based on qualitative and quantitative data analyses in coordination with cartographic knowledge. For these data, I use my Ph.D. fieldwork experiences in 2011–2012 on the Gorai River bank communities at Chapra in Bangladesh. My data analyses found that the projects’ boundary selection follows the top-down approach that includes some specific geographic areas and excludes others based on specific interests. To understand the effects of this approach on Chapra communities and to promote community participation, this paper is divided into three major sections: participatory mapping in the context of my fieldwork site, bottom-up mapping approach as foundation for community inclusion, and participatory mapping for community empowerment: local development and resource conservation. These sections will be helpful for responding the above research question and for developing better understanding about community empowerment by participatory mapping approach. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Geographer Taylor & Francis

Participatory mapping for community empowerment

Hossen, M. Anwar
Asian Geographer , Volume 33 (2): 17 – Jul 2, 2016
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Participatory mapping for community empowerment

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This paper attempts to show how participatory mapping practices can contribute to local water resource management for community empowerment. The river bank communities such as Chapra encounter exclusion because of geographic aspects of local water development projects. To understand this exclusion, this paper focuses on the research question; why did the Ganges-Kobodak and the Gorai River Restoration Projects cover some parts of Chapra and ignore others? This question is addressed here by...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2016 Hong Kong Geographical Association
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2158-1762
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1022-5706
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10.1080/10225706.2016.1237370
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Abstract

This paper attempts to show how participatory mapping practices can contribute to local water resource management for community empowerment. The river bank communities such as Chapra encounter exclusion because of geographic aspects of local water development projects. To understand this exclusion, this paper focuses on the research question; why did the Ganges-Kobodak and the Gorai River Restoration Projects cover some parts of Chapra and ignore others? This question is addressed here by using participatory mapping based on qualitative and quantitative data analyses in coordination with cartographic knowledge. For these data, I use my Ph.D. fieldwork experiences in 2011–2012 on the Gorai River bank communities at Chapra in Bangladesh. My data analyses found that the projects’ boundary selection follows the top-down approach that includes some specific geographic areas and excludes others based on specific interests. To understand the effects of this approach on Chapra communities and to promote community participation, this paper is divided into three major sections: participatory mapping in the context of my fieldwork site, bottom-up mapping approach as foundation for community inclusion, and participatory mapping for community empowerment: local development and resource conservation. These sections will be helpful for responding the above research question and for developing better understanding about community empowerment by participatory mapping approach.

Journal

Asian Geographer – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 2, 2016

Keywords: Participatory mapping; water and agricultural development; ecological system; Bangladesh; critical cartography; environmental conservation; and community empowerment

References

  • Keys to Unleash Mapping’s Good Magic
  • Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation Projects in Bangladesh and Their Impacts on Soils: An Empirical Study
  • An Introduction to Critical Cartography
  • The Gorai Re-excavation Project
  • Cartography, Ethics, and Social Theory
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  • The Ganges Basin Management and Community Empowerment
  • The Need for Community Inclusion in Water Basin Governance in Bangladesh
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  • Water, Politics, and Development: Introducing Water Alternatives
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  • Practical Ethics for PGIS Practitioners, Facilitators, Technology Intermediaries and Researchers
  • Water Shortage in the Gorai River Basin and Damage of Mangrove Wetland Ecosystems in Sundarbans, Bangladesh
  • Environmental Impacts of Flood Control Drainage and Irrigation (FCDI) Projects in a Non-irrigated Area of Bangladesh: A Case Study
  • Social Structure and Process in Char Land Settlement in the Brahmaputra-Jamuna Floodplain