Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya
Environmental and social injustices in the extractive sector in Kwale County are rampant and there are limited citizen participatory mechanisms to address the injustices to enhance dialogue among stakeholders. Community exclusion from corporate governance has perpetuated environmental and social inj...
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Central Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa)
2018-01-01
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| author | Maarifa Ali Mwakumanya Jawa Mwachupa |
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| description | Environmental and social injustices in the extractive sector in Kwale County are rampant and there are limited citizen participatory mechanisms to address the injustices to enhance dialogue among stakeholders. Community exclusion from corporate governance has perpetuated environmental and social injustice causing mistrust and conflicts between communities and investors in mining areas. This study aimed to evaluate a digital mapping platform as a tool for community engagement. A participatory study approach was used where selected stakeholders were trained to use the digital mapping platform and then participated in the study. Mobile phone digital applications and Poi mapper data collection and management applications were used to generate and quantitatively analyse stakeholder responses which were instantly transmitted to a computer server. Digital mapping is interactive, elicited effective interactions among stakeholders and supported citizen participation to enforce corporate accountability. Keywords: Digital mapping, Extractive sector, Citizen participation, Corporate accountability, Digital applications |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b37488e56ff14d68bd4f3716b8fe139f2022-12-21T23:00:41ZengCentral Mining Institute (Główny Instytut Górnictwa)Journal of Sustainable Mining2300-39602018-01-0117397104Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, KenyaMaarifa Ali Mwakumanya0Jawa Mwachupa1Department of Environmental Sciences, Pwani University, P.O. Box 195-80108, Kilifi, Kenya; Corresponding author.Kwale Youth and Governance Consortium, P.O. Box 96, Ukunda, KenyaEnvironmental and social injustices in the extractive sector in Kwale County are rampant and there are limited citizen participatory mechanisms to address the injustices to enhance dialogue among stakeholders. Community exclusion from corporate governance has perpetuated environmental and social injustice causing mistrust and conflicts between communities and investors in mining areas. This study aimed to evaluate a digital mapping platform as a tool for community engagement. A participatory study approach was used where selected stakeholders were trained to use the digital mapping platform and then participated in the study. Mobile phone digital applications and Poi mapper data collection and management applications were used to generate and quantitatively analyse stakeholder responses which were instantly transmitted to a computer server. Digital mapping is interactive, elicited effective interactions among stakeholders and supported citizen participation to enforce corporate accountability. Keywords: Digital mapping, Extractive sector, Citizen participation, Corporate accountability, Digital applicationshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2300396017301301 |
| spellingShingle | Maarifa Ali Mwakumanya Jawa Mwachupa Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya Journal of Sustainable Mining |
| title | Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya |
| title_full | Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya |
| title_short | Digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in Kwale County, Kenya |
| title_sort | digital mapping as a tool for environmental and social corporate accountability in the extractive sector in kwale county kenya |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2300396017301301 |
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