Capturing gender-specific understanding of landscape functions through participatory GIS

Geographic information system (GIS) is a computer application that can
create, store, manipulate, visualize and analyse spatial and temporal
information. GIS can capture the social and institutional dimensions in
space and time by involving local stakeholders in the generation of information
included in the analysis—an approach we call participatory GIS (PGIS). PGIS
has been applied in a wide range of contexts, including urban planning, conflict
management over natural resources and land boundaries, and land use and
natural resource planning and management.
In Manupali watershed, southern Philippines, we used participatory GIS to
capture spatially explicit gendered understanding of landscapes and their linkages
to environmental services and livelihoods, and gendered access and control over
resources.