L’Institut français du Proche-Orient
Liban – Jordanie – Syrie – Irak – T. Palestiniens
المعهد الفرنسي للشرق الأدنى
Seminar/Webinar
Urban space inventory in Lebanon
Situational, Structural Data and Alternative Sources
7th of April 2021 / 4pm Beirut time
In English
Organisers
Ziad Abdallah, Administration centrale des statistiques
Abir Saksouk : Public Works Studio (@publicworks_lb)
Melda Salhab : Open Map Lebanon (@OpenMapLebanon)
Assaad Thebian : Gherbal Initiative (@ElGherbalOrg)
Zoom Webinar
https://zoom.us/j/94942426855?pwd=a1pjN2tiYkFsZzdaSjBMZVdOcDVKZz09
Meeting ID: 949 4242 6855
Passcode: 5a2fAs
Contact : rouba.wehbe@sciencespo.fr
Abstract
This seminar aims to understand the actual process of urban data production in Lebanon. It will stress slightly on the housing sector without underestimating, though, other urban sectors, like infrastructure and public services.
What type of urban data exists in Lebanon? Who are the main institutions generating it? How to cope with the lack of structural institutional public data? And, on the other hand, what are the limitations of the existing urban situational data? How to qualify the alternative open sources shaped overtime? Finally, and more generally, how to describe the existing political economy of urban data production in this country?
