APA Digital Coast Needs Assessment Survey

Needs: Training

Caribbean Sea Region

TABLE 6f.

Interest in Web-Based Training on Coastal and Marine Planning Issues (Question #16): Caribbean

TRAININGVery HighHighNeutralLowVery LowNAaTOTAL
#%#%#%#%#%#%#%
Assessing GIS for your Organization (assists organizations in understanding components needed for GIS)320320427320171715100
CanVis (intro to CanVis software, a visualization tool in planning, policy-making, and communication)320640213320170015100
Coastal Inundation Mapping (info on coastal inundation issues & teaches spatial techniques to map inundation)533533213213170015100
Conservation Data Documentation (guide to document conservation geospatial information in GIS)213640320213171715100
GIS Tools for Strategic Conservation Planning (green infrastructure, natural resource conservation, resilience)427427427213170015100
GIS for Managers (provides an overview of the basic principles and functionality of ArcGIS)427427427172130015100
Introducing Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience (teaches green infrastructure concepts for resilience)640320213320170015100
Habitat Priority Planner (provides knowledge and skills for  Habitat Priority Planner, ArcGIS extension)320640213213171715100
Introduction to Coastal GIS (fundamentals of ArcGIS software, within a coastal management context)640320320172130015100
N-SPECT (provides knowledge and skills to use Non-Point Source Pollution & Erosion Comparison Tool)533427213171721315100
Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (remote sensing technologies and image analysis techniques)2136402132132131715100
Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (community assmt, plan for risk/vulnerability, adaptn strategies)7475331700213015100

a. Not Applicable


Table 6f lists 12 web-based trainings on coastal and marine planning issues to which Caribbean coastal region respondents were asked to rate their interest. The two trainings with the highest percentage of very high or high interest ratings from respondents are:

  1. Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk (80%) and
  2. Coastal Inundation Mapping (73%).1 

The two trainings with the highest percentage of low or very low interest or "Not Applicable" ratings from respondents are:

  1. Assessing GIS for Your Organization (33%) and
  2. Remote Sensing for Spatial Analysts (33%).2

Endnotes

1. 67% of respondents rated several trainings as high or very high interest.

2. 27% of respondents rated several trainings as low or very low interest or "Not Applicable."