ABSTRACT
This chapter provides post-disaster recovery considerable opportunity to apply principles of sustainable development and hazard reduction. The natural disasters employ mapping technologies such as Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing to support emergency management, hazard mitigation. The chapter provides a literature review of work that has been done on gender planning in the context of natural disasters. It explores the application of Participatory Gender Mapping (PGM) in post-disaster rehabilitation programs has the potential to address complex issues such as gender equality, empowerment, access, capacity building and social change. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka also estimated the damage of the tsunami in Sri Lanka to be US $900 million and coastal community were destroyed; landscapes and shorelines were permanently changed. The chapter summarizes participatory mapping has the potential to critically examine gender impacts and needs in post-disaster recovery. It also summarizes how participatory mapping has the potential to critically examine gender impacts and needs in post-disaster recovery.
