A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) to assess water, energy and food availability in a vulnerable community in Guarulhos (Brazil)
Authors: de Carvalho Carolina Monteiro, Giatti Leandro Luiz, Fagerholm Nora, Bedran-Martins Ana Maria, Kyttä Marketta
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2021
Journal: International journal of urban sustainable development
Journal name in source: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Journal acronym: INT J URBAN SUSTAIN
Volume: 13
First page : 516
Last page: 529
Number of pages: 14
ISSN: 1946-3138
eISSN: 1946-3138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2021.2019041
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2021.2019041
Water, energy, and food are a key approach for addressing urban sustainability. The demand for those basic living resources will increase in the coming decades, jeopardising urban sustainability, especially in peripheral urban areas. This makes necessary to apply methods to improve social participation to better assess the availability of urban nexus resources (water, energy and food - WEF) for community's local development. Participatory Geographic Information Systems are powerful planning tool that aims to represent local knowledge, by applying geotechnologies and collaborative mapping techniques. This article explores the potential of PGIS for engaging youth in mapping the nexus in Novo Recreio, Guarulhos, Sao Paulo. aiming to raise socioenvironmental awareness, co-create knowledge, and determine potential improvements and solutions for local urban planning engaging youths. Outcomes showed that the youths mapped their socioenvironmental perceptions regarding to the WEF elements, and new proposals were developed, demonstrating that PGIS was a suitable method contributing towards improving local and regional urban governance.
