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dc.contributor.editorSolís, Patricia
dc.contributor.editorZeballos, Marcela
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-13T12:34:19Z
dc.date.available2022-12-13T12:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifierONIX_20221213_9783031051821_16
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60143
dc.description.abstractThis collection amplifies the experiences of some of the world’s young people who are working to address SDGs using geospatial technologies and multi-national collaboration. Authors from every region of the world who have emerged as leaders in the YouthMappers movement share their perspectives and knowledge in an accessible and peer-friendly format. YouthMappers are university students who create and use open mapping for development and humanitarian purposes. Their work leverages digital innovations - both geospatial platforms and communications technologies - to answer the call for leadership to address sustainability challenges. The book conveys a sense of robust knowledge emerging from formal studies or informal academic experiences - in the first-person voices of students and recent graduates who are at the forefront of creating a new map of the world. YouthMappers use OpenStreetMap as the foundational sharing mechanism for creating data together. Authors impart the way they are learning about themselves, about each other, about the world. They are developing technology skills, and simultaneously teaching the rest of the world about the potential contributions of a highly connected generation of emerging world leaders for the SDGs. The book is timely, in that it captures a pivotal moment in the trajectory of the YouthMappers movement’s ability to share emerging expertise, and one that coincides with a pivotal moment in the geopolitical history of planet earth whose inhabitants need to hear from them. Most volumes that cover the topic of sustainability in terms of youth development are written by non-youth authors. Moreover, most are written by non-majoritarian, entrenched academic scholars. This book instead puts forward the diverse voices of students and recent graduates in countries where YouthMappers works, all over the world. Authors cover topics that range from water, agriculture, food, to waste, education, gender, climate action and disasters from their own eyes in working with data, mapping, and humanitarian action, often working across national boundaries and across continents. To inspire readers with their insights, the chapters are mapped to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ways that connect a youth agenda to a global agenda. With a preface written by Carrie Stokes, Chief Geographer and GeoCenter Director, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This is an open access book.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSustainable Development Goals Series
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geographyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticismen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineeringen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNU Sustainabilityen_US
dc.subject.otherYouthMappers
dc.subject.otherSustainable development goals
dc.subject.otherOpen street map
dc.subject.otherOpen spatial data
dc.subject.otherCommunity engagement
dc.subject.otherYouth empowerment
dc.titleOpen Mapping towards Sustainable Development Goals
dc.title.alternativeVoices of YouthMappers on Community Engaged Scholarship
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-031-05182-1
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5
oapen.relation.isFundedBy7a596fa9-fe48-4593-8daf-ad5cf41b9b08
oapen.relation.isbn9783031051821
oapen.imprintSpringer
oapen.pages382
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