huridocs-tech Geographic Information Systems in Post-Conflict Rebuilding

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The GIS Edge in Post-Conflict Rebuilding:
Case Studies in the Application of Geographic Information Systems

Wednesday, November 17, 1999, 9:00 a.m. û 12:30 p.m.
United States Institute of Peace
1200 17th Street NW, First Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C. 20036

Lower costs and improvements in computer-based components
are expanding research and application of geographical
information systems (GIS) in rehabilitation and
reconstruction activities in war ravaged nations.  GIS
provides policymakers, peacekeepers, international aid
managers and local authorities with the power to create
maps, integrate and manipulate information, visualize
scenarios and solve complex problems.  By facilitating the
spatial analysis of economic, social and political data,
geographic information systems can reveal hidden patterns,
relationships and trends that are not readily apparent
otherwise.  Relating a variety of data to a geographic
location, GIS offers these practitioners the opportunity to
share a common base of information for post-conflict
rebuilding activities.

"The GIS Edge in Post-Conflict Rebuilding" will address
actual and potential applications of geographic information
systems (GIS) in post-conflict rebuilding, focusing on data
sources, organizational capabilities, products, challenges
and lessons learned in the use of GIS.  Speakers will
describe case studies relevant to the resettlement of
refugees and displaced persons, elections, land
distribution, and resources management in
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and El Salvador.

Moderator:  Carmelle J. Cote, International Relations/GIS
Consultant, Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI)
Inc.

Presenters:

è "Bosnia Forest Assessment: Using Satellite Remote Sensing
to Foster Inter-Entity Cooperation in Resources Management"
Harry Bader, Professor of Natural Resources Management,
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, currently on leave at Yale
University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies;
and Andrew Balser, Remote Sensing Specialist, University of
Alaska, Fairbanks

è "GIS and Election Analysis in Post-Dayton Bosnia" Lee R.
Schwartz, Chief of the Division of Global Issues, Office of
the Geographer and Global Issues, Department of State

è "GIS and Related Technologies for a Land Distribution
Program in El Salvador" Julio Segovia, GIS Specialist,
Strategic Development Office, U.S. Agency for International
Development, U.S. Embassy, San Salvador

è "Cross-Border Crisis Intervention: The Use of GIS in
Kosovo" William B. Wood, Geographer and Director of the
Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Department of
State

Event will be filmed by ESRI Graphics Team

RSVP:  Please email Suzanne Wopperer at wopperer@usip.org or
call 202.429.3832




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