Open Mapping towards Sustainable Development Goals : Voices of YouthMappers on Community Engaged Scholarship / edited by Patricia Solís, Marcela Zeballos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solís, Patricia, Editor.

Contributor:

Solís, Patricia., Editor.

Zeballos, Marcela., Editor.

Series:

Sustainable Development Goals Series, 2523-3092

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Digital humanities.

Open source software.

Sustainability.

Cartography.

Digital Humanities.

Open Source.

Local Subjects:

Geography.

Digital Humanities.

Open Source.

Sustainability.

Cartography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXIII, 382 p. 258 illus., 251 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection amplifies the experiences of some of the world’s young people who are working to address SDGs using geospatial technologies and multi-national collaboration. Authors from every region of the world who have emerged as leaders in the YouthMappers movement share their perspectives and knowledge in an accessible and peer-friendly format. YouthMappers are university students who create and use open mapping for development and humanitarian purposes. Their work leverages digital innovations - both geospatial platforms and communications technologies - to answer the call for leadership to address sustainability challenges. The book conveys a sense of robust knowledge emerging from formal studies or informal academic experiences - in the first-person voices of students and recent graduates who are at the forefront of creating a new map of the world. YouthMappers use OpenStreetMap as the foundational sharing mechanism for creating data together. Authors impart the way they are learning about themselves, about each other, about the world. They are developing technology skills, and simultaneously teaching the rest of the world about the potential contributions of a highly connected generation of emerging world leaders for the SDGs. The book is timely, in that it captures a pivotal moment in the trajectory of the YouthMappers movement’s ability to share emerging expertise, and one that coincides with a pivotal moment in the geopolitical history of planet earth whose inhabitants need to hear from them. Most volumes that cover the topic of sustainability in terms of youth development are written by non-youth authors. Moreover, most are written by non-majoritarian, entrenched academic scholars. This book instead puts forward the diverse voices of students and recent graduates in countries where YouthMappers works, all over the world. Authors cover topics that range from water, agriculture, food, to waste, education, gender,climate action and disasters from their own eyes in working with data, mapping, and humanitarian action, often working across national boundaries and across continents. To inspire readers with their insights, the chapters are mapped to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that connect a youth agenda to a global agenda. This is an open access book. .

Contents:

Chapter1. Introduction

PartI. Mapping for the Goals on Poverty, Hunger, Health, Education, Gender, Water, and Energy

Chapter2. Open Data Addressing Challenges Associated with Informal Settlements in the Global South

Chapter3. Leveraging Spatial Technology for Agricultural Intensification to Address Hunger in Ghana

Chapter4. Rural Household Food Insecurity and Child Malnutrition in Northern Ghana

Chapter5. Where is the Closest Health Clinic? YouthMappers map their communities before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Chapter6. Cross-continental YouthMappers Action to Fight Schistosomiasis Transmission in Senegal

Chapter7. Understanding YouthMappers Contributions to Building Resilient Communities in Asia

Chapter8. Activating Education for Sustainable Development Goals through YouthMappers

Chapter9. Seeing the World Through Maps: An Inclusive and Youth Oriented Approach

Chapter10. Youth Engagement and the Water-Energy-Land Nexus in Costa Rica

Chapter11. Power Grid Mapping in West Africa

Chapter12. Mapping Access to Electricity in Urban and Rural Nigeria

PartII. Youth Action on Work, Leadership, Innovation, Inequality, Cities, Production and Land

Chapter13. Stories from Students Building Sustainability Through Transfer of Leadership

Chapter14. Drones For Good: Mapping Out the SDGs Using Innovative Technology in Malawi

Chapter15. Assessing YouthMappers Contributions to the Generation of Open Geospatial Data in Africa

Chapter16. Mapping Invisible and Inaccessible Areas of Brazilian Cities to Reduce Inequalities

Chapter17. Visualizing YouthMappers Contributions to Environmental Resilience in Latin America

PartIII. Marking a Path to Goals on Sustainable Communities, Consumption, Climate, Oceans, Land, and Justice

Chapter18. Youth Engagement and Participation in Mitigating Perennial Flooding in Kampala, Ugandausing Open Geospatial Data

Chapter19. Sustainable Mobility through Knowledge Exchange and Collaborative Mapping of Cycling Infrastructure: SIGenBici in Medellín, Colombia

Chapter20. Wastesites.io: Mapping Solid Waste to Meet Sustainable Development Goals

Chapter21. Mapping for Resilience: Extreme Heat Deaths and Mobile Homes in Arizona

Chapter22. Mapping for Women’s Evacuation Plans during Climate-induced Disasters

Chapter23. Sustainable Development in Oceania and the Role of Mapping for Women

Chapter24. Sustainable Coastal Communities in the Anthropocene: Lessons from Crowd-Mapping Projects in Colombia

Chapter25. Collaborative Cartography Making Riparian Communities Visible in Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil

Chapter26. Open Mapping with Official Cartographies in the Americas

Chapter27. Cities of the Future Need to be Both Smart and Just: How We Think Open Mapping Can Help

PartIV. Supporting YouthMappers to Advance the SDGs through Institutions and Partnerships

Chapter28. Mentoring Experiences in YouthMappers Chapters

Chapter29. The Ecosystem Where YouthMappers Live and Thrive

Chapter30. A Free and Open Map of the Entire World: Opportunities for YouthMappers within the Unusual Partnership Model of OpenStreetMap

Chapter31. Youth and Humanitarian Action: Open Mapping Partnerships for Disaster Response and the SDGs

PartV. The Paths Ahead

Chapter32. Generation 2030: The Strategic Imperative of Youth Civic and Political Engagement

Chapter33. Reflecting on the YouthMappers Movement.

ISBN:

3-031-05182-3

OCLC:

1354208985