Application of GIS in community environmental education in the developing countries: the case of Ghana´s forest region

Author

Gariba, Shaibu A. ; Twumasi, Yaw A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sociology in Educ. & Equity, Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

994

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the potential role that GIS (geographic information system) can play in the environmental educational activities of rural forest communities in Ghana. First, we identified the challenges posed by the ideological and institutional infrastructure of these communities to the application of GIS. Secondly, we explore how GIS can be used in the environmental and resource management in these communities. Finally, we discuss the benefits of applying GIS to the environmental problems of these communities.

Keywords

education; environmental factors; environmental management; forestry; geographic information systems; GIS; Ghana; environmental educational activities; environmental management; forest region; geographic information system; ideological infrastructure; institutional infrastructure; resource management; rural forest communities; Computer aided software engineering; Educational activities; Environmental factors; Environmental management; Geographic Information Systems; Hydrology; Rain; Remote sensing; Sociology; Soil;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293989

Filename

1293989