The focus of the products developed is on more efficient fire-fighting
FIRE
MANAGEMENT
FIRE
SAFTEY
FIRE
RISK
FIRE
EDUCATION
Informal settlements have become a prominent feature of the South African urban landscape. According to the 2011 census, 56.8% of South Africans live in poverty, either in informal settlements, low-cost housing or on the street. While there are a number of problems associated with South Africa’s informal settlements, one of the biggest concerns for emergency management services personnel is access.
Municipal services, including fire departments, are faced with the difficulties of trying to respond properly to shack communities. These difficulties arise from the lack of space between shacks, causing fires to spread in these settlements much more quickly than they would in a planned urban area and making it comparatively more difficult for firefighters to reach the fires in informal settlements before they spread. A quarter of fires in South Africa are shack fires.
ABOUT US
The people behind Mamelodi Mappers:
Kathryn Arnold
Dean Robertson
Aphiwe Madubedube
Yashena Naidoo
The Mamelodi Mappers project initiative came about as a University of Pretoria, 3rd year BSc Geoinformatics client-project development initiative with the vision to make a difference through GIS and mapping.
The project forms part of the GMT 320 course presented to 3rd year Geoinformatics students at the University of Pretoria. The objective of the course is to give 3rd Year Geoinformatics students the opportunity to apply the knowledge they have acquired during their studies in a Geoinformatics project, from the inception of a project to presenting the results. While carrying out the project, project management skills and principles are also taught and applied.
CONTACT US
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If you're interested in the work being done by the Mamelodi Mappers:
University of Pretoria, Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology