GIS AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL MAPPING
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2019-04-30
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Journal of Environmental Spectrum
Abstract
The paper focuses on using GIS as a tool for sustainable development in public secondary school mapping
of Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The purpose is to map and carry out geospatial
analysis of the public secondary schools in the study area to enable effective and efficient planning and
management of the public secondary schools in a sustainable manner. This has been achieved through
identification of the public secondary schools in the study area, mapping of the schools through the satellite
imagery and global positioning system (GPS) technology, generating the attribute data of the schools,
creation of GIS database for the schools and finally carry out geospatial analysis of the school data. The
base map of the study area was obtained using SAS planet software package. The school addresses were
obtained from the Kwara State ministry of education while the geospatial locations were obtained by field
observations using GPS receivers and the attribute data through the administration of questionnaires and
interviews with major stakeholders of the schools. A GIS database was created, the spatial and attribute
data encoded, and geospatial analysis carried out including production of relevant maps using QGIS
software. The resulting school location, student gender ratio, staff-student ratio, year of establishment and
school type maps provides stakeholders with relevant maps and working environment for data management
and also allows efficient query of information needed for decision making that would aid in sustainable
development of the schools and education sector.
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Geospatial Analysis, GIS, School Mapping, GPS, Sustainable Development
Citation
Ipadeola A. O., Abdulyekeen A.O., and Olatunde G., (2019). GIS AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS MAPPING. Collaboration for Sustainable Development in the Built Environment. International Conference ofEnvironmental Sciences, ICES 2019.