Ahmed, S;
Haklay, ME;
Allen, A;
Tacoli, C;
Simiyu, E;
Davila, J;
(2015)
Participatory mapping for transformation: multiple visual representation of foodscapes and environment in informal settlements in Nairobi.
In: Malleson, N and Addis, N and Durham, H and Heppenstrall, A and Lovelace, R and Norman, P and Oldroyd, R, (eds.)
Proceedings of GIS Research UK (GISRUK).
(pp. pp. 14-19).
GIS Research UK (GISRUK): Leeds, UK.
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Abstract
Although branded as ‘obstructionists’ and major agents of ‘disease and filth’ by city authorities, food vendors remain the pivotal node in the local food system in most informal settlements; therefore, their interaction with the environment and infrastructure services, and challenges they face to keep the food safe to eat, requires further grounded exploration. Food vendors from informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, who are acting as mappers and change agents, are building multi-layered views of places through the deliberative process of knowledge coproduction by participatory sensing, which lead to opportunities and challenges to improve those places.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Participatory mapping for transformation: multiple visual representation of foodscapes and environment in informal settlements in Nairobi |
| Event: | GIS Research UK 2015 (GISRUK2015) held at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, on 15-17 April 2015 |
| Location: | University of Leeds |
| Dates: | 15 April 2015 - 17 April 2015 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.1491375 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1491375 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access paper published under a CC BY 4.0 International licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Volunteered Geographic Information, food vending, Nairobi, participatory mapping, participatory sensing. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1478412 |
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