PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL
Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) can integrate participatory methodologies with geo-spatial technologies for the representation of characteristic of particular place. Over the last decade, researchers use this method to integrate the local knowledge of community within a GIS and S...
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| description | Participatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) can integrate participatory methodologies
with geo-spatial technologies for the representation of characteristic of particular place. Over the
last decade, researchers use this method to integrate the local knowledge of community within a
GIS and Society conceptual framework. Participatory GIS are tailored to answer specific
geographic questions at the local level and their modes of implementation vary considerably across
space, ranging from field-based, qualitative approaches to more complex web-based applications.
These broad ranges of techniques, PGIS are becoming an effective methodology for incorporating
community local knowledge into complex spatial decision-making processes. The objective of this
study is to reduce the soil erosion by formulating the general rule for the soil conservation by
participation of the stakeholders. The poster was prepared by satellite image, topographic map and
Arc GIS software including the local knowledge. The data were collected from the focus group
discussion and the individual questionnaire for incorporate the local knowledge and use it to find
the risk map on the basis of economic, social and manageable physical factors for the sensitivity
analysis. The soil erosion risk map is prepared by the physical factors Rainfall-runoff erosivity, Soil
erodibility, Slope length, Slope steepness, Cover-management, Conservation practice using RUSLE
model. After the comparison and discussion among stakeholders, researcher and export group, and
the soil erosion risk map showed that socioeconomic, social and manageable physical factors
management can reduce the soil erosion. The study showed that the preparation of the poster GIS
map and implement this in the watershed area could reduce the soil erosion in the study area
compared to the existing national policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be9dfadc261b4448aafad9d24a7cd9062022-12-21T20:47:48ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342012-07-01XXXIX-B823123610.5194/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B8-231-2012PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPALK. P. Bhandari0Western Region Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, NepalParticipatory Geographic Information Systems (PGIS) can integrate participatory methodologies with geo-spatial technologies for the representation of characteristic of particular place. Over the last decade, researchers use this method to integrate the local knowledge of community within a GIS and Society conceptual framework. Participatory GIS are tailored to answer specific geographic questions at the local level and their modes of implementation vary considerably across space, ranging from field-based, qualitative approaches to more complex web-based applications. These broad ranges of techniques, PGIS are becoming an effective methodology for incorporating community local knowledge into complex spatial decision-making processes. The objective of this study is to reduce the soil erosion by formulating the general rule for the soil conservation by participation of the stakeholders. The poster was prepared by satellite image, topographic map and Arc GIS software including the local knowledge. The data were collected from the focus group discussion and the individual questionnaire for incorporate the local knowledge and use it to find the risk map on the basis of economic, social and manageable physical factors for the sensitivity analysis. The soil erosion risk map is prepared by the physical factors Rainfall-runoff erosivity, Soil erodibility, Slope length, Slope steepness, Cover-management, Conservation practice using RUSLE model. After the comparison and discussion among stakeholders, researcher and export group, and the soil erosion risk map showed that socioeconomic, social and manageable physical factors management can reduce the soil erosion. The study showed that the preparation of the poster GIS map and implement this in the watershed area could reduce the soil erosion in the study area compared to the existing national policy.http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B8/231/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B8-231-2012.pdf |
| spellingShingle | K. P. Bhandari PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| title | PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL |
| title_full | PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL |
| title_fullStr | PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL |
| title_full_unstemmed | PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL |
| title_short | PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR SOIL CONSERVATION IN PHEWA WATERSHED OF NEPAL |
| title_sort | participatory gis for soil conservation in phewa watershed of nepal |
| url | http://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XXXIX-B8/231/2012/isprsarchives-XXXIX-B8-231-2012.pdf |
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