1st Edition
Sharing the City Community Participation in Urban Management
By John Abbott
Copyright 1996
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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While the rate of urbanisation in the developing world has increased dramatically over the past 20 years, governments' capacity to support urban growth has, in many cases, failed to keep up with this trend. Non-governmental organisations working in the field have long advocated community management of the urban environment as the best solution to this problem, and there is now a growing consensus... Read more
Part 1: Historical Analysis of Community Participation - Introduction * Community Participation and Project-based Development * Community Participation in Project-based Development * Community Participation and Local Government * Part 2: Theory of Community Development - Characteristics of Community Development * Characteristics of Empowerment/Conscientisacion * Characteristics of Community Participation in Negotiated Development * The Community Participation Surround * Building a Practical Model of the Community Participation Surround * Part 3: Implementation of Community Participation - Role and Impact of Development Professionals * Community Organizations and Urban Management * Community Participation and NGOs * Interventions and their Impact on the Community Participation Process * References * Index
Biography
Abbott, John
