A mixed-method approach to solid waste mapping in Mogadishu
Last year, we collaborated with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and OSM Somalia to generate high-quality geographic data aimed at comprehending the extent and d...
Category: Community Development
Kenya Digital Public Works
Between 2021 and 2022, we carried out a project called Kenya Digital Public Works. Here’s a short description of the project with more on the way in the f...
Nungwi, Chwaka, and Makunduchi Mapping
In 2020 and 2021, Spatial Collective provided mapping services for Zanzibar’s Nungwi, Chwaka, and Makunduchi settlements. The project fell under the broad...
Community Mapping Urban Risks in Mwanza
In late 2020 and early 2021, Spatial Collective (SC) carried out the Community Mapping of Urban Risks in Mwanza under the broad framework of the Tanzania Urban ...
Community Development/Digitization/GIS/Land/Mapping/Property Rights/Public Services/Spatial Collective/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Open Cities Zanzibar
Open Cities Africa Project Open Cities Africa is an initiative carried out in 10 cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, to engage local government, civil society, and th...
Community Development/Community Land/Economic Development/Environment/Land/Property Rights/Public Services/Research/Spatial Collective
Affordable Tools for Demarcation of Land are Widely Available
We cannot do the all the work alone. There are not enough of us. Joe Kheti, Kenyan Surveyor This is the next in the series of blog posts on research into applyi...
Community Development/Community Land/Environment/Land/Property Rights/Public Services/Research/Spatial Collective
A Short Note on Land Laws in Kenya
Previous blog in a series: Land Tenure Issues in Taita Hills Land remains a contentious and problematic issue in Kenya, particularly land held in areas predomin...
Community Development/Community Land/Economic Development/Environment/Land/Mapping/Property Rights/Research/Spatial Collective
Land Tenure Issues in Taita Hills
As a part of our research into applying ICTs to the data capture element of land registration, we conducted a series of interviews in Taita Hills touching on ma...
Community Development/Community Land/Economic Development/Land/Mapping/Property Rights/Research/Spatial Collective
Putting Community and Rights on the Map in Southern Kenya
Throughout 2017, Spatial Collective applied new technologies to the data capture element of land registration in order to test whether affordable tools for docu...
Community Development/Economic Development/Informal Economy/Mathare/Public Services/Research/Spatial Collective/Survey
Database of schools in Mathare
Spatial Collective has been gathering information on schools in Mathare Constituency since January 2018. At the time of writing, we have collected information o...