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Flash Flood Risk Management – A Training of Trainers Manual
Session 9 Social Hazard Mapping and
Risk Assessment
Time: 1 hour
Objective
To appreciate the importance of social hazard mapping and to learn how to implement it by:
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Understanding the concept of social hazard mapping
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Learning how to conduct social hazard mapping with a local community
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Learning about participatory GIS mapping (PGIS)
Activities
Activity 9.1: Concept and importance of social hazard mapping
Time: 10 minutes
Session 9
Step 1
Step 2
Introduce the concept of social hazard mapping and explain who prepares the maps and how.
Discuss the processes of identifying potential stakeholders who will be involved in the social hazard
mapping process. Highlight the fact that while it is important to involve social elites, key informants,
and local leaders, it is equally important to involve community members from different castes and
ethnic backgrounds and from all socio-cultural and economic groups, since each will be able to
contribute a different type of knowledge and experience. Remember to emphasise gender issues
and to stress the participation of women.
Step 3
Discuss how social hazard mapping can be disseminated to and used by communities and local
authorities.
Activity 9.2: Process of social hazard mapping
Time: 35 minutes
Step 1
Introduce how social hazard mapping can be conducted in a community setting with local people
who may be unfamiliar with maps in general (RM 9.2). Give practical advice. Make participants
aware of possible pitfalls, and also include checklists that should be helpful in conducting on-site
social hazard mapping.
Step 2 Review the steps of social hazard mapping (detailed in RM 9.2):
• Introductions and establishing rapport
• Discussion of the map
• Familiarising participants with map signs and symbols
• Question and answer session
• Marking the map
• Preparing the legend
• Emphasising community awareness
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