"Dealing in Security" - Simple Critical Infrastructure Mapping

Simple, open tools for showing people how life works in the villages - water, sewage, food and all the other essential needs of life.

Dealing in Security - understanding vital services and how they kee...
http://bit.ly/scim2

This is a document which describes a simple and coherent way of mapping basic infrastructure systems - toilets and sanitation, access to hospitals, transportation and everything else - showing what technologies are deployed, which groups or agencies provide which services, and so on.

It's been quite well reviewed, and is under an open license. Enjoy.

I think you'll find that it's a useful way of representing the actual ground conditions, particularly in the villages, and mapping health impacts. Showing off infrastructure projects by drawing one SCIM diagram for the before, and another for the after could be a good way to motivate funders too!