Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293989
