A lot of projects and programs have failed to have the impacts they were designed to have because they did not incorporate GIS in their project operations. A geographical information system (GIS) is a collection of hardware software, and procedures to collect, manage, retrieve, manipulate, analyze and display spatial data. This course will equip participants with the ability to perform multi criteria analysis of WASH, model wash projects, identify most at Risk Populations, use GIS as a monitoring and management tool for WASH activities etc.
Target Participants
WASH specialists, Public health workers, Program Managers, Students and water engineers etc.
Course Objectives
Participants in the course will be able to:
- Integrate GIS within existing WASH activities.
- Appreciate the role of Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) in WASH programs
- Collect data using Mobile data-gathering tools
- Conduct water and sanitation modelling using GIS
- Carry out basic data analysis using GIS software
- Use GIS as a monitoring and management tool for WASH projects Activities
Course Content/Outline (3 credit units per topic-1hr lecture and 2hrs practical)
- Wk 1: Reviewing WASH concepts
- Wk 1: GIS functions and capabilities in the context of WASH
- Wk 2: Spatial data concepts & Spatial Data Infrastructure in WASH
- Wk 2: Field exercises in GPS Data Collection for WASH
- Wk 3: Manipulating and analysis of GIS Data on WASH
- Wk 3: Working with tabular data in GIS for WASH
- Wk 4: GIS modeling for WASH
- Wk4: GIS and Remote Sensing as tools for monitoring and managing WASH projects
Expected Outcome
Participants will be able to utilize the GIS technology in solving WASH related problems.
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