scholarly journals Défis et enjeux de la gouvernance locale au Cameroun à l’ère de la décentralisation : cas de la ville de Garoua

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178
Author(s):  
Simon Pierre Petnga Nyamen
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Système D’Information ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

RésuméLe Décret N°2007/115 du 23 avril 2007 portant création de nouveaux Arrondissements au sein de certains Départements du Cameroun traduit a priori la volonté du Gouvernement d’insuffler une dynamique nouvelle à son processus de décentralisation. À partir du cas de la ville de Garoua, ce travail traite des défis et enjeux de la gouvernance locale dans un contexte d’accélération du processus de décentralisation en vue d’un développement maîtrisé. Pour ce faire, des échanges avec vingt-six informateurs issus de l’administration publique et privée, douze chefs de quartier et trente des plus anciens habitants de Garoua ont été mené. En plus, on a eu recours à une centaine d’informateurs et guides, qui ont permis de caractériser trois cent cinquante-cinq marqueurs spatiaux de la dynamique urbaine de la localité. Les résultats de cette étude révèlent que les défis et enjeux actuels de la gouvernance locale sont de trois ordres : règlementaire, financier et fonctionnel. Pour ce qui est du premier ordre, le problème des villes camerounaises, est le non-respect de la règlementation en vigueur, et surtout l’omniprésence de la corruption. Le deuxième ordre est celui de l’incapacité des municipalités à collecter les recettes ce qui ne limite leur investissement qu’à des ouvrages de très faible impact social et économique. Sur le plan fonctionnel, la décentralisation a favorisé la multiplication d’acteurs aux aspirations très souvent divergentes, mais aussi une confusion voire une ignorance des rôles. Au terme de cette étude, avec l’adoption de comportements légaux, il est recommandé aux administrations locales de s’ouvrir au Système d’Information Géographique (SIG) qui dispose des méthodes, techniques et outils permettant de gérer efficacement la donnée spatiale et par conséquent le territoire. De plus, le processus de création de ce système utilisé pour la collecte, le stockage, l’analyse, la modélisation, la gestion, l’affichage et la représentation de l’information spatiale, est une excellente aubaine pour la mise en oeuvre d’un cadre de concertation qui intègre à différentes échelles, la représentativité, les compétences et les objectifs respectifs de toutes les parties prenantes à la gouvernance locale. AbstractDecree N°2007/115 of April 23, 2007 creating new subdivisions within some Divisions of Cameroon demonstrates the will of the Government to improve its decentralization process. Based on the case of the city of Garoua, this work deals with the challenges and issues of local governance, in a context of accelerating the decentralization process with a view to controlled development. To this end, exchanges with twenty-six informants from the public and private administration, twelve chiefdom leaders and thirty of the oldest inhabitants of Garoua were conducted. In addition, about one hundred informants and guides were used, who allowed to characterize three hundred and fifty-five spatial markers of the dynamics of the city. The results revealed that the current challenges and issues of local governance are threefold: regulatory, financial and functional. As for the first, the problem of Cameroonian cities is the non-compliance with the regulations in force, and especially the pervasiveness of corruption. The second order is the inability of municipalities to collect revenue, which limits their investment to works of very low social and economic impact. From a functional point of view, decentralization has favored the multiplication of actors with very divergent aspirations, but also confusion and ignorance of roles. Based on these results, we recommend that local governments open up to Geographic Information System (GIS), which has the methods, techniques and tools to effectively better manage the spatial data and consequently the territory. In addition, the process of creating this system, used for the collection, storage, analysis, modelling, management, display and representation of spatial information, is an important opportunity towards the implementation of a consultation framework that integrates, at different levels, the representativeness, skills and objectives of all stakeholders of local governance on the field.

scholarly journals The Evolution of City-as-a-Platform: Smart Urban Development Governance with Collective Knowledge-Based Platform Urbanism

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Palmyra Repette ◽  
Jamile Sabatini-Marques ◽  
Tan Yigitcanlar ◽  
Denilson Sell ◽  
Eduardo Costa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Collective Knowledge ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The Government ◽  
The City

Since the advent of the second digital revolution, the exponential advancement of technology is shaping a world with new social, economic, political, technological, and legal circumstances. The consequential disruptions force governments and societies to seek ways for their cities to become more humane, ethical, inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable. In recent years, the concept of City-as-a-Platform was coined with the hope of providing an innovative approach for addressing the aforementioned disruptions. Today, this concept is rapidly gaining popularity, as more and more platform thinking applications become available to the city context—so-called platform urbanism. These platforms used for identifying and addressing various urbanization problems with the assistance of open data, participatory innovation opportunity, and collective knowledge. With these developments in mind, this study aims to tackle the question of “How can platform urbanism support local governance efforts in the development of smarter cities?” Through an integrative review of journal articles published during the last decade, the evolution of City-as-a-Platform was analyzed. The findings revealed the prospects and constraints for the realization of transformative and disruptive impacts on the government and society through the platform urbanism, along with disclosing the opportunities and challenges for smarter urban development governance with collective knowledge through platform urbanism.

scholarly journals Olomouc - Possibilities of Geovisualization of the Historical City

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Stanislav Popelka ◽  
Alžběta Brychtová
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
3D Visualization ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Historical Maps ◽  
The City

Olomouc, nowadays a city with 100,000 inhabitants, has always been considered as one of the most prominent Czech cities. It is a social and economical centre, which history started just about the 11th century. The present appearance of the city has its roots in the 18th century, when the city was almost razed to the ground after the Thirty years’ war and a great fire in 1709. After that, the city was rebuilt to a baroque military fortress against Prussia army. At the beginning of the 20th century the majority of the fortress was demolished. Character of the town is dominated by the large number of churches, burgher’s houses and other architecturally significant buildings, like a Holy Trinity Column, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Aim of this project was to state the most suitable methods of visualization of spatial-temporal change in historical build-up area from the tourist’s point of view, and to design and evaluate possibilities of spatial data acquisition. There are many methods of 2D and 3D visualization which are suitable for depiction of historical and contemporary situation. In the article four approaches are discussed comparison of historical and recent pictures or photos, overlaying historical maps over the orthophoto, enhanced visualization of historical map in large scale using the third dimension and photorealistic 3D models of the same area in different ages. All mentioned methods were geolocalizated using the Google Earth environment and multimedia features were added to enhance the impression of perception. Possibilities of visualization, which were outlined above, were realized on a case study of the Olomouc city. As a source of historical data were used rapport plans of the bastion fortress from the 17th century. The accuracy of historical maps was confirmed by cartometric methods with use of the MapAnalyst software. Registration of the spatial-temporal changes information has a great potential in urban planning or realization of reconstruction and particularly in the propagation of the region and increasing the knowledge of citizens about the history of Olomouc.

scholarly journals High visibility of outdoor tobacco advertisements around health facilities in East Java, Indonesia: a geospatial analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hario Megatsari ◽  
Ilham Akhsanu Ridlo ◽  
Dian Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Health Facilities ◽  
Hotspot Analysis ◽  
Outdoor Advertising ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Advertising Ban ◽  
The City

BACKGROUND Indonesian tobacco control initiatives are minimal despite having the second-highest adult male smoking prevalence in the world, with less than 10% of districts/cities banning outdoor tobacco advertisements. This research aimed to provide evidence on the presence of outdoor tobacco advertisements near health facilities in Surabaya where there is no outdoor advertising ban. METHODS Data collection was carried out in Surabaya from October to November 2018. Data of government (public) and private health facilities were obtained from the city health office. Two spatial data analyses were carried out: a buffer analysis near the healthcare facilities and an advertisement hotspot analysis using ArcMap 10.6. RESULTS From 308 tobacco advertisements that were identified, there were billboards (63%), banners (31%), and videoboards (7%). Of 142 public and 1,242 private health facilities in Surabaya, 26% and 31% had advertisements within 300 m and 63% and 70% were within advertisement hotspots, respectively. Furthermore, 5% of advertisements were within 300 m from public health facilities and 21% of them were within 300 m from private health facilities. CONCLUSIONS Outdoor tobacco advertisements were widespread throughout the city, prominently around public and private health facilities.

scholarly journals MINING CO-LOCATION PATTERNS FROM SPATIAL DATA

2016 ◽  
Vol III-2 ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
C. Zhou ◽  
W. D. Xiao ◽  
D. Q. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Spatial Proximity ◽  
Widespread Application ◽  
Location Pattern ◽  
Gps Technology ◽  
Location Patterns ◽  
Mining Algorithms ◽  
The City ◽  
Research Domains

Due to the widespread application of geographic information systems (GIS) and GPS technology and the increasingly mature infrastructure for data collection, sharing, and integration, more and more research domains have gained access to high-quality geographic data and created new ways to incorporate spatial information and analysis in various studies. There is an urgent need for effective and efficient methods to extract unknown and unexpected information, e.g., co-location patterns, from spatial datasets of high dimensionality and complexity. A co-location pattern is defined as a subset of spatial items whose instances are often located together in spatial proximity. Current co-location mining algorithms are unable to quantify the spatial proximity of a co-location pattern. We propose a co-location pattern miner aiming to discover co-location patterns in a multidimensional spatial data by measuring the cohesion of a pattern. We present a model to measure the cohesion in an attempt to improve the efficiency of existing methods. The usefulness of our method is demonstrated by applying them on the publicly available spatial data of the city of Antwerp in Belgium. The experimental results show that our method is more efficient than existing methods.

scholarly journals Sistem Informasi Geografis Berbasis Web Digitasi Persil Bangunan

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28
Author(s):  
Arief Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Process Data ◽  
Desktop Application ◽  
Gis Data ◽  
Google Map Api ◽  
Advanced Development

Geographic Information Systems ( GIS abbreviated as Geographic Information System ) is a specialized information system that manages data having spatial information . Most to process data in the form of GIS data are still many who use desktop application or can only run on one computer while the more advanced development requires us to produce information more easily is to develop a GIS online ( via the Internet ) and can be accessed Anywhere You . This application is designed using DFD modeling and created using the programming language PHP with MySQL database as well as utilizing Google Map API . As well as to facilitate the collection of data by the field of local government development . Moreover , the existence of GIS aims to help local governments in the search for building plots parcels and ownership of data previously not been structured to be more structural and facilitate spatial data collection .

scholarly journals Kebijakan Pengendalian HIV/AIDS di Denpasar

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Tri Rini Puji Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
District Health ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
And Control ◽  
The City ◽  
Government Perspective ◽  
Hiv Aids

Secara nasional, Indonesia telah mengantisipasi epidemi HIV/AIDS, tetapi jumlah kasus HIV/AIDS di Provinsi Bali dari tahun ke tahun memperlihatkan peningkatan yang semakin mengkhawatirkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perkembangan jumlah kasus dan kebijakan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS di Denpasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif yang dilakukan di Denpasar pada tanggal 11-17 September 2011. Sampel penelitian ini menggunakan informan terpilih yaitu kepala bappeda, pejabat Dinas Kesehatan Kabupaten Denpasar, direktur rumah sakit, puskesmas, ketua komisi penanggulangan AIDS di kabupaten/kota dan pemerhati HIV/AIDS termasuk ODHA. Penelitian menemukan jumlah kasus HIV/AIDS di Kota Denpasar yang tertinggi dan penularan terbesarnya melalui hubungan seks. Namun, dukungan pemerintah daerah dalam upaya pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS terlihat belum maksimal. Padahal kebijakan penanggulangan HIV/AIDS sangat ditentukan oleh cara pandang pemerintah terhadap penyakit HIV/AIDS. Untuk itu, perlu peningkatan pemahaman tentang HIV/AIDS serta pencegahan dan penanganan semua pihak terkait sehingga penanggulangan HIV/AIDS dapat lebih efektif, efisien, dan tepat sasaran.Nationally, Indonesia anticipated HIV/AIDS epidemic, but the number of cases of HIV/AIDS in Bali province from year to year showed an increase in the increasingly alarming. This study aimed to determine the number of cases and the development of policies on HIV / AIDS in Denpasar. This research was conducted using qualitative methods in Denpasar on 11-17 September 2011. The study sample was selected using the informant is head of planning, Denpasar District health officers, the director of the hospital, health center, chairman of the commission on AIDS in the district/city and observer of HIV / AIDS, including people living with HIV. The study found the number of cases of HIV / AIDS in the city of Denpasar is the highest and greatest transmission through sexual intercourse. However, the support of local governments in efforts to prevent and control HIV/AIDS looks not maximized. In fact the policy of HIV/AIDS is largely determined by the government perspective on HIV / AIDS. To that end, should be an increased understanding of HIV/AIDS as well as prevention and treatment of all parties concerned. So that HIV/ AIDS can be more effective, efficient, and targeted.

scholarly journals The Evaluation of Sustainable Capacity Building for Decentralization (SCBD) Project in Banjarnegara Regency

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Widjonarko - ◽  
Brotosunaryo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Human Resources Management ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Institutional Capacity Building ◽  
Sustainable Capacity

The Sustainable Capacity Building for Decentralization (SCBD) project funded by the AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB) aimed to strengthen the capacity of local governments in Indonesia.Banjarnegara Regency was selected by the ministry of internal affairs for the implementation ofthe project. The SCBD Project in Banjarnegara consists of five components including frameworkof capacity building, institutional capacity building, human resources management, humanresources development and sustainable financial and budgeting. This project will is held in fiveyears using two funding schemes phases, donor funded the first 3 years (2009‐2011), thencontinued by the local government of Banjarnegara. During the 2009‐2011period, the projecthas finished all five components, PMU then conducted evaluation to ensure achievement of theSCBD’s main goal: strengthening local governance for delivering good public services. The expostevaluation method used to evaluate the SCBD Project for short term outcomes found thatthe project hasn’t directly improved the public services performance even having completed allfive components of the project. Most people in Banjarnegara Regency felt no significantimprovement of public services provided by the government. The ineffectiveness of publicservices can be understood, because not all of the components of the SCBD project had beenthoroughly implemented at local government level. Moreover, many activities of the projecttend to overlap implying lack of coordination among the project implementation units.Key words: evaluation, SCBD

IMPACT ANALYSIS OF THE INSPIRE DIRECTIVE ON LAND-USE PLANNING PUBLICATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 165 (45) ◽  
pp. 76-85
Author(s):  
WALDEMAR IZDEBSKI ◽  
ZBIGNIEW MALINOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Gis Technology ◽  
Spatial Data Sets

The INSPIRE Directive went into force in May 2007 and it resulted in changing the way of thinking about spatial data in local government. Transposition of the Directive on Polish legislation is the Law on spatial information infrastructure from 4 March 2010., which indicates the need for computerization of spatial data sets (including land-use planning). This act resulted in an intensification of thinking about the computerization of spatial data, but, according to the authors, the needs and aspirations of the digital land-use planning crystallized already before the INSPIRE Directive and were the result of technological development and increasing the awareness of users. The authors analyze the current state of land-use planning data computerization in local governments. The analysis was conducted on a group of more than 1,700 local governments, which are users of spatial data management (GIS) technology eGmina.

SHARING OF GIS SPATIAL DATA IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (7-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Zulkifli Mohd Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Civil Engineering ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Engineering Problem ◽  
Transportation Engineering ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Potential Activity ◽  
Gis Software

Geographic Information System (GIS) is classified as an information technology to solve various spatial problems in civil engineering. GIS provides spatial information to the system and therefore, complex spatial analysis of problem could be carried out. The objective of this paper is to promote the use of GIS as a tool for civil engineering problem solving. This paper describes the work undertaken to demonstrate the potential use of GIS in civil engineering via a prototype project. The presentation of this article is mainly focused on the applications of GIS in transportation engineering including transportation, highway and traffic. Moreover, this study could also contribute relevant and benefit guidance to the public and private sectors with techniques in determining potential activity using the GIS software. The utilisation of GIS can prepare and contributes towards a profitable cost and effective service. The end product should be an effective information system and a final potential GIS map. With GIS support, it could assist user to make a more effective and efficient decision on any difficulties that will arise. Compared to the conventional methods, the system provides a proper and an effective, update and accessible result of spatial analysis.  

scholarly journals Challenges of Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Education and Technology Transfer in a Fast Developing Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-6 ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Tsai ◽  
L.-C. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Education And Technology ◽  
The Government

During the past decade, Taiwan has experienced an unusual and fast growing in the industry of mapping, remote sensing, spatial information and related markets. A successful space program and dozens of advanced airborne and ground-based remote sensing instruments as well as mobile mapping systems have been implemented and put into operation to support the vast demands of geospatial data acquisition. Moreover, in addition to the government agencies and research institutes, there are also tens of companies in the private sector providing geo-spatial data and services. However, the fast developing industry is also posing a great challenge to the education sector in Taiwan, especially the higher education for geo-spatial information. Facing this fast developing industry, the demands of skilled professionals and new technologies in order to address diversified needs are indubitably high. Consequently, while delighting in the expanding and prospering benefitted from the fast growing industry, how to fulfill these demands has become a challenge for the remote sensing and spatial information disciplines in the higher education institutes in Taiwan. This paper provides a brief insight into the status of the remote sensing and spatial information industry in Taiwan as well as the challenges of the education and technology transfer to support the increasing demands and to ensure the continuous development of the industry. In addition to the report of the current status of the remote sensing and spatial information related courses and programs in the colleges and universities, current and potential threatening issues and possible resolutions are also discussed in different points of view.

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