Participatory GIS - Coastal GeoTools - NOAA
Participatory GIS - Coastal GeoTools - NOAA
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<strong>Participatory</strong> <strong>GIS</strong>:<br />
Evaluation and Comparison of<br />
Two <strong>Coastal</strong> Case Studies<br />
Rebekah Walker Szivak<br />
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources /<br />
ACE Basin <strong>Coastal</strong> Training Program<br />
Danielle Bamford<br />
The Baldwin Group at the <strong>NOAA</strong> <strong>Coastal</strong> Services Center
What Is <strong>GIS</strong><br />
• <strong>GIS</strong> = geographic information system<br />
• Create maps, perform spatial studies,<br />
multiple data sets<br />
What Is <strong>Participatory</strong> <strong>GIS</strong><br />
• Generates stakeholder buy-in<br />
• Example methods:<br />
• Google applications<br />
• Paper maps<br />
• Decision-support tools
Technological Methods
<strong>Participatory</strong> <strong>GIS</strong> Pilots<br />
South Carolina<br />
ACE Basin National<br />
Estuarine Research<br />
Reserve (NERR) and<br />
Edisto Island<br />
Preservation Alliance<br />
Maine<br />
Wells NERR and<br />
Great Works<br />
Regional Land<br />
Trust
Edisto Island Preservation Alliance<br />
and ACE Basin NERR<br />
"Perhaps our last best chance to get it right..."<br />
Methods of Engagement:<br />
• Paper map exploration<br />
• Technology demonstrations<br />
• Data gap identification<br />
• Data gathering<br />
• Analysis and map production
Rural Parcel Preservation<br />
Edisto Island, South Carolina<br />
Goal: Determine settlement area parcels that are at high risk<br />
of development.
Data Gathering
Scenic Byway Designation
Scenic Byway Designation
Conserved Lands on Edisto
Great Works Regional Land Trust<br />
(GWRLT) and Wells NERR<br />
Maine<br />
• Technology demonstrations<br />
• Interviews and surveys<br />
• Resource identification<br />
• Priority identification<br />
• Set conservation goals
GWRLT Surveys and Interviews<br />
Interviews<br />
• Targeted recipients, in-person interview<br />
• Personal preferences regarding conservation<br />
• Specific areas to be conserved<br />
• Other members that would be interested<br />
Surveys<br />
• Broad membership, mailed with new outreach products<br />
• One page<br />
• Top 5 natural resources<br />
• Top 5 threats<br />
• Unique features
GWRLT Conservation Goals<br />
• Farmland<br />
• Forests<br />
• Riparian buffers
<strong>Participatory</strong> <strong>GIS</strong> Tool:<br />
Habitat Priority Planner<br />
Decision-support<br />
tool for<br />
• conservation<br />
• restoration<br />
• land use priorities<br />
Designed for<br />
interactive use<br />
with stakeholders
Assess Current Land Use
Prioritize Resources
Prioritization Results
GWRLT<br />
Comprehensive Plan Results<br />
• Using P<strong>GIS</strong><br />
Enhanced scope<br />
• Goals for 5, 10, 25<br />
yrs. (30%)<br />
• Alternate methods
Lessons Learned about<br />
<strong>Participatory</strong> <strong>GIS</strong><br />
• Enhances goal development<br />
• Enhances stakeholder buy-in<br />
• Local presence enhances<br />
partnership building<br />
• Funding, technology, timelines, and<br />
communication are key<br />
• Data gaps may limit quality of decisions
Thank You!<br />
“. . .Thanks to <strong>NOAA</strong> and Ace Basin NERR, we are able to map<br />
our land conservation progress [using] accurate maps.”<br />
– Marian Brailsford, Edisto Island Open Land Trust<br />
Edisto Island, South Carolina<br />
“ [The Habitat Priority Planner] changed the way the land trust will<br />
act on future conservation projects.”<br />
– Tin Smith, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve<br />
Rebekah Walker Szivak<br />
Danielle Bamford<br />
Szivak@dnr.sc.gov<br />
Danielle.Bamford@noaa.gov
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