P3DM Resource Kite  

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This Publication (and enclosed multimedia resource kit) is intended to assist researchers, project managers, Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) and GIS practitioners in enhancing the capacities of marginalized, isolated, and frequently natural resource-dependent communities to deal with spatial data and to communicate with the “outside world” on a peer to peer basis.

Participatory 3-D models integrate people’s knowledge and conventional spatial information like contour lines, to produce stand-alone scaled relief models that have proved to be user-friendly and relatively accurate data storage and analysis devices, and excellent media easing communication between local stakeholders and external agencies.

P3DM is a relatively new facilitation method used in processes related mainly to resource use and tenure and has been conceived to support collaborative initiatives aimed at increasing public participation in problem analysis and decision-making. The method is generally used within projects or initiatives designed to address spatial issues related to the territory. Participatory 3-D Modeling offers the opportunity to produce relatively precise geo-referenced and scaled qualitative and quantitative data, adding substantial value and communication power to local knowledge.

The resource book provides hands-on guidelines on how to organize and implement a P3DM exercise. In addition it includes insights on adult learning and spatial cognition, on the history of relief modeling and the analysis of P3DM experiences in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand over a period of 15 years.

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