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PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR WATER PROVISION AND COMMUNITY PLANNING CASE STUDY KOFFIEKRAAL, SOUTH AFRICA

Panek, Jiri, Heerden, Schalk Van

First published: 2013-06-20https://doi.org/10.5593/sgem2013/bb2.v1/s11.030View metrics

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Title
PARTICIPATORY GIS FOR WATER PROVISION AND COMMUNITY PLANNING CASE STUDY KOFFIEKRAAL, SOUTH AFRICA
Authors
Panek, Jiri, Heerden, Schalk Van
Proceedings
SGEM International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference EXPO Proceedings; 13th SGEM GeoConference on INFORMATICS, GEOINFORMATICS AND REMOTE SENSING
Publisher
Stef92 Technology
Year
2013
Pages
845 - 852 pp
ISSN
1314-2704
ISBN
Not available yet
Language
en
Publication type
Conference Paper
References66
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  2. Akbari A. Application of GIS and RS in rural water supply systems, The 28 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Malaysia, 2007.

  3. Calfucoy P., Cibilka J., Davison J., Hinds T. & Park M. Improvinf free basic water provision in South Africa, Workshop in International Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, USA, pp 1 – 55, 2009.

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  5. Curry, M. GIS and the inevitability of ethical inconsistency. In Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems ; John Pickles, Ed.; The Guilford Press, 1995.

  6. Dangermond, J. Public data access: Another side of GIS data sharing. In Sharing geographic information ; Onsrud, H. .; Ruchton, G., Eds.; Center for Urban Policy Research: New Jersey, 1995; pp. 331–339.

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  33. Vlok, C.; Pánek, J. CAMP for change in the Bojanala Region of North West Province. In GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 Conference Proceedings; Johannesburg, 2012. GeoConference on Informatics, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing

  34. Abbot, J.; Chambers, R.; Dunn, C. E.; Harris, T. M.; Merode, E. de; Porter, G.; Townsend, J.; Weiner, D. Participatory GIS opportunity or oxymoron 1998, 27–33.

  35. Akbari A. Application of GIS and RS in rural water supply systems, The 28 th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Malaysia, 2007.

  36. Calfucoy P., Cibilka J., Davison J., Hinds T. & Park M. Improvinf free basic water provision in South Africa, Workshop in International Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, USA, pp 1 – 55, 2009.

  37. Craige D. GIS and integrated water resource management, PosionIT, Mar/Apr, pp 37 – 39, 2008.

  38. Curry, M. GIS and the inevitability of ethical inconsistency. In Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems ; John Pickles, Ed.; The Guilford Press, 1995.

  39. Dangermond, J. Public data access: Another side of GIS data sharing. In Sharing geographic information ; Onsrud, H. .; Ruchton, G., Eds.; Center for Urban Policy Research: New Jersey, 1995; pp. 331–339.

  40. Department: National Treasury. 2011 Local government budgets and expenditure review: 2006/07 – 2012/13. National Treasury, Pretoria, 2011.

  41. Dunn, C. E. Participatory GIS a people’s GIS Progress in Human Geography 2007, 31, 616–637.

  42. DWAF. Water supply and sanitation policy. Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Cape Town, 1994.

  43. DWAF. Water services national information system, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Pretoria, 2009.

  44. Genthe B., Strauss N., Seager., Vundule., Maforah F. & Kfir R. The effect of type of water supply on water quality in a developing community in South Afrca, Water Science and Technology, vol. 35, pp 35 – 40, 1997.

  45. Goodchild, M. F. Just the facts. Political Geography Quarterly 1991, 10, 335–337.

  46. Goss, J. Marketing the marketing: the strategic discourse of geodemographic information systems. In Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems; John Pickles, Ed.; The Guilford Press, 1995; pp. 130–170.

  47. GWP. Integrated water resources management, Global water partnership TAC background papers no.4, Stockholm, 2000.

  48. Harris, T. M.; Weiner, D. Scientific Report for the Initiative 19 Specialist Meeting, Report 96-7. GIS and Society:The Social Implications of How People, Space, and Environment Are Represented in GIS; 1996.

  49. Harris, T. M.; Weiner, D. Empowerment, marginalization, and “community - integrated” GIS. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 1998, 25, 67–76.

  50. Krygier, J. World Wide Web mapping and GIS: An application for public participation. Cartographic Perspectives 1999, 33, 66–67. Section Cartography and GIS

  51. Mackintosh G. & Colvin C. Failure of rural schemes in South Africa to provide potable water, Environmental Geology, vol. 44, pp 101 – 105, 2003.

  52. Monmonier, M. World Wide Web mapping and GIS: An application for public participation. In Policy issues in modern Cartography ; Series, F. T. B. T.-M. C., Ed.; Academic Press, 1998; Vol. Volume 3, pp. 233– 247.

  53. Muller M. Free basic water – a sustainable instrument for sustainable future in South Africa, Environment and Urbanization, vol. 20, pp 67 – 87, 2008.

  54. Pánek, J. Participatory and Public Participation GIS: A Phenomenon of Neocartography with a High Potential in Developing Countries In The Scale of Globalisation; Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2011; pp. 235–243.

  55. Pickles, J. Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems; Pickles, J., Ed.; 1st ed.; The Guilford Press, 1995.

  56. Pickles, J. Discourse on Method and the History of Discipline: Reflections on Dobson’s 1983 Automated Geography. The Professional Geographer 1993, 45 , 451 – 455.

  57. Sheppard, E. GIS and Society: Towards a Research Agenda. Cartography and Geographic Information Science 1995, 22, 12.

  58. SKR Consulting. Reconciliation strategy for Koffikraal, report prepared for the Depart of Water Affairs and Forrestry, 2009.

  59. Smith, N. History and philosophy of geography: real wars, theory wars. Progress in Human Geography 1992, 16, 257–271.

  60. Sutherland C. & Lewis B. Water sanitation service delivery in eThekweni: a spatially differentiated model, Chance2Sustain, Opinion No 6, pp 1 – 4, 2012.

  61. Thomas E.P., Seager J.R., Viljoen E., Potgieter F., Roussouw A. Tokata B., McGranahan G. & Kjellen M. Household environment and health in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1999.

  62. Tsihrintzis V.A., Hamid R. & Fuentes H.R. Use of geographic information systems (GIS) in water resources. A review, Water Resources Management, vol. 10, pp 251 – 277, 1996.

  63. Van Huyssteen E., Oranje M. & Meiklejohn C. An appreciative and [more] nuanced reading of rural settlements in South Afr ica: A kry to unlocking the nation’s rural development challenge , Draft paper presented at the Planning Africa Conference 2010, South Africa, 2010, pp 1 – 15, 2010.

  64. Van Wonderen J. & Ravenscroft P. Gis and modelling in the management of rural water supply, 26th WEDC Conference, Bangladesh, 2000.

  65. Veregin, H. Computer innovation and adoption in geography: a critique of conventional technological models. In Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems ; Pickles, J., Ed.; The Guilford Press, 1995; pp. 88 – 128.

  66. Vlok, C.; Pánek, J. CAMP for change in the Bojanala Region of North West Province. In GISSA Ukubuzana 2012 Conference Proceedings; Johannesburg, 2012. GeoConference on Informatics, Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing

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