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James L. Querry, Jr.
Program Director and Associate Professor
MS in Geospatial Technologies for Geodesign
STI Forum 2017United NationsNew York, NY
May 16, 2017
The Role of Geospatial Technology in Achieving the 2030 SDGs
What is GIS?• Technology• Intelligence (data)• Mapping• Analysis• Informed Decision-making
GIS can help to achieve the SDGs through:• Data Management• Analysis and Understanding• Enhanced Collaboration• Sustainable Design and Planning• Informed Decision-making
How?• Officials and Scientists can work together• Break down data silos and promote sharing• Citizen Engagement / Participation• UN Funding and Technical Assistance• Government Policy and Standards
Statistics
Information
Staten Island Case Study
Hurricane Sandy 2012 – Area of Inundation McHarg 1969 – “Areas Unsuitable for Urbanization”
Staten Island – Hurricane Sandy 2012
Eton Place, Staten Island - 1983
McHarg: “Unsuitability for Urbanization”
Staten Island – Hurricane Sandy 2012
Eton Place, Staten Island - 2012
Author(GIS Admin, Planners)
Serve(Web services and process automation)
Use(Sharing & Collaboration)
GovernmentAgencies
Approved Project
Content
Shared Content
GIS Data
Community Engagement
Geospatial Technology and Design Collaborators
Design Content
SDG Outcome
Collaboration and Citizen Engagement
• Online Mapping and Analysis• Robust GIS Database• Community Engagement• Online GIS Framework• Interactive Communication Platform
Proof of Concept: St. Raphael, Haiti
Integrating with the Sustainable
Development Goals
• In this diagram indicates how The Millennium
Earth Project can directly affect and address The
Sustainable Development Goals
• The SDGs are separated into tiers based on how
directly the goal can be addressed
• Red indicates goals which can be addressed
relatively directly as they deal with urban design
• Yellow indicates goals which can be analyzed
and addressed with secondary and tertiary
interventions.
Recommendations
1. UN technical and financial assistance:
• The UN should support the development of comprehensive, integrative
information systems, preferably utilizing GIS, geospatial technology and
geodesign processes to promote accomplishment of the SDGs
• The UN should assist governments and experts (scientists) to build
platforms for sharing information for planning, monitoring implementation,
and tracking accountability
2. Government data-sharing policies and practices:
• Governments should promote a comprehensive and integrated platform
for data sharing among all units and all stakeholders in society
(businesses, civil society organizations, and community-based
organizations)
• Governments should develop policies, provide information infrastructure
and develop education/training programs for helping officials and citizens
to use this government-wide and society-wide platform for sharing data
3. Government promotion of citizen engagement:
• Governments should promote citizen participation in the collection,
analysis and sharing of data from all sectors and between all levels
• Governments should provide ways for every person in society (no one is
left behind) to have a voice in the planning, monitoring implementation,
and accountability processes.
