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Municipalika 2018 By Abhijit Ekbote Presentation on Geospatial Solutions for Indian Cities
Municipalika 2018
By Abhijit Ekbote
Presentation on
Geospatial Solutions for Indian Cities
Contents
• AKAH’s Mandate
• Operations & Challenges Faced
• Data Management System • Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Open Data Kit
Contents
• AKAH’s Mandate
• Operations & Challenges Faced
• Data Management System • Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Open Data Kit
The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat was established to
develop a holistic approach to all aspects that constitute
a safe and sustainable habitat in which communities,
families and individuals can thrive. The agency’s
mandate as stipulated in the Establishment
Memorandum is:
1. To ensure that communities live in physical settings that are as
safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters; Safety
2. To ensure that they are able to cope with disaster events in
terms of preparedness and response; Resilience
3. To ensure that these settings are conducive to developing
economic opportunities and access to social and financial
services; Service Delivery; Opportunity
Contents
• AKAH’s Mandate
• Operations & Challenges Faced
• Data Management System • Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Open Data Kit
The key to these interventions is our:
Spatial Data Management System &
Data Collection System using ODK
Spatial Data Management System
Departments Functions Online Platforms SQL Database Geodatabase
Emergency
Management
(EM)
Planning &
Building
(P&B)
• Community Based
Disaster Risk
Reduction
(CBDRR)
• Disaster Risk
Reduction (DRR)
• Response &
Readiness (R&R)
• Institutional Safety
(IS)
• Habitat
Improvement
Programme (HIP)
• Environmental
Health
Improvement
Programme (EHIP)
• Rural Habitat
Development
Programme
(RHDP)
HVRA & VDMS
WebMIS
WebMIS
AKAHI DB
(SQL Server
2014)
Hazard
Vulnerability
& Risk
Assessment
(HVRA)
ArcMap
Scripts
ODK
Data Collection System using ODK
Open Data Kit
(ODK)
Designing the Data Form
Coding the Data Form
Data collection using ODK app
Downloading the Data
Data Collection System using ODK
Data collected using the
mobile app and sent to AKAH
India’s in-house ODK
Aggregate server, then
helped us in creating the
relevant layers in GIS.
This method can be scaled up to
deal with complex urban situations
which we are addressing in our
upcoming research project on flood
risk mitigation in context to Mumbai.
1924 Map of Mumbai
Source: Elphinstone Archives, Mumbai
1924 Map of Mumbai
Source: Elphinstone Archives, Mumbai
Thank you
