DATA FOR RESILIENT ROADS

by Valeria Belén Cerpa Salas from peru

The project "Data for Resilient Roads” looks to develop a web tool that allows the visualization of interactive maps, dashboards, and statistical information to ensure the resilience of roads in the city of Arequipa.

The maps and dashboards will be based on selected avenues and roads in the city that were established under previous research and participatory workshops carried out in collaboration with partner organizations and stakeholders. The web tool will be completed through mapping and data analysis of these areas.

The project will work under the axes of road crash risks, traffic points, and citizen insecurity. The results will be presented to stakeholders which include civil society in a closing event in the city of Arequipa as part of an awareness campaign for the resilience of roads in Arequipa, Peru.

ABOUT THE PROJECT LEAD

Valeria has experience in web development and research. She developed social and technology-related projects through her love for coding and programming.

She advocates for the resilience of cities and communities in Peru and works as a developer at the US-based organization Planning 2050. She has been a U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) intern, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (Gi-Toc) Fellow 21´, Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Fellow 22´, One Young World (OYW) Delegate 22´, and University of Computer Studies, Mandalay (UCSM) research assistant 21´.

She is interested in sustainable initiatives and looking for a pathway between Computer Science, Community Resilience, and Urban Planning. Her work has been recognized by GI-TOC, UNICITI, and One Young World.

ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANIsATION

Data for resilient spaces

The Data for Resilient Spaces or Datos Para Espacios Resilientes is Peruvian organization working at the intersection between urbanism, mapping, and data analysis. One of its purposes is to generate data and digital tools for urban planners and stakeholders.

Data for resilient spaces is a project that brings together the collection of data from public information in open sources platforms and databases from web pages of news portals.