Helene Draux
Ph.D Student+44 (0)207 133 4678
h.draux@londonmet.ac.uk |
Interests and Expertise
- Participatory GIS
- Coastal management
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Climate change impacts
Research interests/expertise:
Hélène recently submitted her PhD in land use conflict identification in coastal areas using Participatory GIS techniques. She investigated the use of maps in Participatory GIS techniques and the identification of coastal land use conflicts using multiple Participatory GIS techniques. She designed three Participatory GIS techniques: an online mapping survey http://www.openspaces-portsmouth.org.uk to assess values of open spaces in Portsmouth regarding flood risks, on-site surveys in open spaces in Portsmouth, and some community activities organised during the Summer Fair in Portsmouth.
Current/recent projects and awards
2013: Student scholarship for the ISSRM 2013 conference (International Symposium on Society and Resource Management) in Colorado in June
2010-2013: Vice Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship: ‘Impact of climate change on coastal cities’ Part of the SECOA (Solutions for Environmental Contrasts in Coastal Areas) European project. The project aims to assess what impacts climate change will have on coastal urban settlements.
2011: ICE-SaV (Improved Community Engagement through Spatial and Visualisation methods) seminars http://www.sei-international.org/ICE-SaV/
2010 – 2011: Organisation of the 1st and 2nd Postgraduate Research Student Conference at London Metropolitan University (Nov 2010 and 2011)
Publications and Presentations
2013 'Change in governance in the UK: making local decisions with the public' at IGU2013, Kyoto, August
2013 'Investigation of spatial thinking during Participatory GIS activities' at IGU2013, Kyoto, August
2013 'Identification of land use conflicts around nature reserves in urban areas using multiple Participatory GIS techniques' at ISSRM2013, Colorado, June
2012 'Critical cartography applied to Participatory GI activities' at the PGRSConf2012 London Metropolitan University, November 2012
2012 'Land use conflict identification in vulnerable open spaces using Participatory GIS techniques' at IGC, August 2012 in Cologne
2012 ‘Participatory GIS techniques to determine the value of vulnerable open spaces in Portsmouth’ at GISRUK, April 2012 in Lancaster University
2011 Presentation on ‘PGIS techniques to widen participation’ at ICE-saV seminars – Oct in London Metropolitan University
2011 Presentation at the RGS-IBG conference on ‘Land use conflict identification using Participatory GIS techniques’ – August 2011 in London.
2010 Poster for the 21st IAPS conference. ‘Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats’ – June 2010 in Leipzig (Germany) and for Postgraduate Research Student Conference on ‘Land use conflict identification using Participatory GIS’ – Nov 2010 in London Metropolitan University
2008 Unilever MSc Dissertation ‘Global estimation of the R factor of the Universal Soil Loss Equation’
