Project Description
To enhance development planning under climate change in the Cambodian Mekong Delta, ICEM developed the Cambodia Mekong Delta Digital Atlas—an open-source, web-based geospatial platform designed to improve data access and decision-making capacity for the Royal Government of Cambodia. The Atlas provided a centralized, user-friendly tool for national and local stakeholders to explore multi-sector datasets relevant to land use, agriculture, water resources, climate, and infrastructure. By integrating nationally and globally sourced data, the Atlas supported sustainability and resilience planning in one of Cambodia’s most climate-vulnerable regions.
Objectives, Activities, and Results
ICEM developed a Catalogue of Data Services using GeoServer to publish and share spatial data including land cover, climate scenarios, water infrastructure, and disaster risks. The Data and Scenario Explorer, the platform’s frontend, featured an interactive map viewer that enabled users to visualize and overlay datasets across different timeframes and sectors such as water, agriculture, fisheries, and transport. Capacity-building activities included in-country training and stakeholder consultations, as well as the development of user and system administration guides to support long-term system management. The developmental version was hosted online and the final version was prepared for migration to a Cambodian government server, institutionalizing this powerful planning tool.
