Geoinformation technologies in the process of empowerment of a community case: community council monteclaro-las playitas, Maracaibo

Abstract

The purpose of this work is the analysis of the impact of the use of a Geographic Information System (GIS) in the community of Las Playitas, Parish Olegario Villalobos of the city of Maracaibo, in the process of empowering it to light of the Law of the Communal Councils and in accordance with the constitutional precepts of participatory and protagonist democracy of the people. This research is framed within the PEII Project No. 2012000167, and is based on diverse experiences at national and international level that have demonstrated that the adoption and successful use of geographic information technologies directed to the community, combined with a network system and effective communication, has positive impacts on the empowerment and cohesion of communities, as well as on innovation and social change.All the stages involved in a GIS project will be carried out with the joint participation of the community, and will be aimed at acquiring, storing and processing basic cadastral information, in order to support residents in project planning. such as updating the nomenclature, roads and environment, among others. Throughout the course of the project, lectures will be given on how to produce, georeference and visualize geospatial information relative to their own plots, the geographical scope of the communal council and, in general, any area of interest. The degree of belonging and spatial and environmentalawareness generated in the community will be analyzed through this experience.