Several years ago, the largely untapped potential of GIS has seldom been used in most of the decision making processes. Now, GIS is employed for good governance: service delivery, citizens' satisfaction and efficient delivery of infrastructure services to the community.
But how is GIS interfaced in Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippine setting?
Turns out, LGUs are mandated by various laws to develop multiple development plans. GIS plays a crucial role in these planning and decision-making processes by integrating and analyzing spatial data, facilitating evidence-based decision-making, and enhancing overall development strategies.
The Heo/Geo Lecture Series, conceptualised jointly by the UP Department of Geography and the Philippine Geographical Society, presents a lecture from Dayanara Bianca Bermudez on 7 July 2023 (Friday) at 5:30PM via Zoom. The talk, entitled Significance of GIS in shaping Local Government Units’ Development Plans draws from the experience of Ms Bermudez as an expert in GIS focusing on digital cartography and spatial analysis.
A licensed Environmental Planner, specializing in the formulation of risk-sensitive development plans and focuses on transport planning, leveraging her deep understanding of spatial planning principles, Yannie (as Ms Bermudez is known to her colleagues), has collaborated with various LGUs, by assisting in the formulation of their development plans while also conducting GIS seminars and workshops. Yannie completed her bachelor's degree in Geography at the University of the Philippines Diliman in 2015 and immediately pursued a post-graduate diploma in urban and regional planning. Presently, she serves as a Project Development Officer IV at the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, where she oversees the submission, monitoring, evaluation, and approval of the Local Public Transportation Route Plan on a national scale.
By incorporating demographic information, infrastructure networks, environmental conditions, and land use patterns, GIS allows LGUs to gain a comprehensive understanding of their territory, including the relationships and dynamics within their jurisdiction. In addition to visualizing the data, GIS provides analytical tools and spatial modeling capabilities that will help the LGU in identifying priority areas for development, possible impacts, and alternative scenarios. This enables LGUs to optimize resource allocation and prepare for future challenges.
To find out more what geographers do, register in this link to participate in the talk or click this link: https://tinyurl.com/ytxsy6hf
The Heo/Geo Lecture Series is designed as a space for geography practitioners in the academe, industry, civil society and wider community to share ideas and state-of-the-art undertakings to promote geography as as an academic discipline, method, and discourse in its mission to serve multiple publics. The lecture series is also part of the celebration of this year's 40th anniversary of UP Department of Geography as a stand-alone academic unit. Likewise, the lecture pays homage when geography was first taught at the University of the Philippines 100 years ago.
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