Author: Vandana Desai
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The study explores the nature of community participation in a Bombay housing project and analyzes the concepts of influence and power in community participation, focusing on the impact of community mobilization on the process of slum upgrading. The study reveals that despite community organization and pro-participation rhetoric in official discourse, most slum-dwellers are excluded from decision- making. Of interest to those in sociology and development studies, and voluntary organizations and international agencies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Community Participation and Slum Housing
Author: Vandana Desai
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The study explores the nature of community participation in a Bombay housing project and analyzes the concepts of influence and power in community participation, focusing on the impact of community mobilization on the process of slum upgrading. The study reveals that despite community organization and pro-participation rhetoric in official discourse, most slum-dwellers are excluded from decision- making. Of interest to those in sociology and development studies, and voluntary organizations and international agencies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The study explores the nature of community participation in a Bombay housing project and analyzes the concepts of influence and power in community participation, focusing on the impact of community mobilization on the process of slum upgrading. The study reveals that despite community organization and pro-participation rhetoric in official discourse, most slum-dwellers are excluded from decision- making. Of interest to those in sociology and development studies, and voluntary organizations and international agencies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Slums
Author: Alan Mayne
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and a billion of these urban dwellers reside in neighborhoods of entrenched disadvantage—neighborhoods that are characterized as slums. Slums are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, though, it is public policies that are often at fault, not the people who live in these neighborhoods. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word “slum,” from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use as a slur against the favela communities in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics in 2016. Mayne shows how the word slum has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disparage poor communities, with the result that these agendas are now indivisible from the word’s essence. He probes beyond the stereotypes of deviance, social disorganization, inertia, and degraded environments to explore the spatial coherence, collective sense of community, and effective social organization of poor and marginalized neighborhoods over the last two centuries. In mounting a case for the word’s elimination from the language of progressive urban social reform, Slums is a must-read book for all those interested in social history and the importance of the world’s vibrant and vital neighborhoods.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1780238878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
More than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, and a billion of these urban dwellers reside in neighborhoods of entrenched disadvantage—neighborhoods that are characterized as slums. Slums are often seen as a debilitating and even subversive presence within society. In reality, though, it is public policies that are often at fault, not the people who live in these neighborhoods. In this comprehensive global history, Alan Mayne explores the evolution and meaning of the word “slum,” from its origins in London in the early nineteenth century to its use as a slur against the favela communities in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics in 2016. Mayne shows how the word slum has been extensively used for two hundred years to condemn and disparage poor communities, with the result that these agendas are now indivisible from the word’s essence. He probes beyond the stereotypes of deviance, social disorganization, inertia, and degraded environments to explore the spatial coherence, collective sense of community, and effective social organization of poor and marginalized neighborhoods over the last two centuries. In mounting a case for the word’s elimination from the language of progressive urban social reform, Slums is a must-read book for all those interested in social history and the importance of the world’s vibrant and vital neighborhoods.
Slum Upgrading and Participation
Author: Ivo Imparato
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821353707
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The UN currently estimates that there are about 837 million urban slum dwellers worldwide, and this figure is likely to rise to 1.5 billion by 2020 if current trends are not reversed. This book offers five geographically and institutionally diverse case studies from Latin America, where some of the longest-running and most successful programmes in this field have been conducted. These programmes, involving a wide variety of funding arrangements and agencies, demonstrate the positive impact that community participation and people-oriented service solutions can have on slum upgrading efforts in low income urban areas.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821353707
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
The UN currently estimates that there are about 837 million urban slum dwellers worldwide, and this figure is likely to rise to 1.5 billion by 2020 if current trends are not reversed. This book offers five geographically and institutionally diverse case studies from Latin America, where some of the longest-running and most successful programmes in this field have been conducted. These programmes, involving a wide variety of funding arrangements and agencies, demonstrate the positive impact that community participation and people-oriented service solutions can have on slum upgrading efforts in low income urban areas.
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Development in Africa’s Changing Climate
Author: Emmanuel Adinyira
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031696069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031696069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Slum Clearance and Related Housing Problems
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning and redevelopment law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning and redevelopment law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Slum Clearance and Related Housing Problems
Author: United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Slum Upgrading
Author: Fernanda Magalhães (City planner)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597821636
Category : Slums
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597821636
Category : Slums
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Community Participation
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Municipalities and Community Participation
Author: Janelle Plummer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134202539
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
'Among all the literature on participation, this is the first book I know that focuses on municipal authorities. It... also has particular importance both for higher levels of government (at national or provincial/state level) and for international agencies. Firstly, it is a reminder of the importance of well-functioning municipal governments for reducing poverty. Secondly, it is a rich source of case studies and analysis about how municipal authorities can incorporate one central component of 'good governance' - a permanent, participatory engagement with their citizens' From the Foreword by David Satterthwaite, Director, Human Settlements Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development Increasingly, governments and donors are advocating the participation of poor communities in the delivery of urban services and infrastructure. Yet local authorities responsible for implementing participatory policies often do not have the skills, organisations or resources needed, or an adequate idea of the capacity required. This sourcebook provides invaluable practical guidance for municipal officials, and others working in urban development and poverty reduction, on the range of issues to be addressed in planning and managing cities with community participation. It explains the key elements of participation, identifies common constraints and opportunities, describes the vehicles for moving participation forward and outlines the capacity building needed for a municipality to achieve participatory goals.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134202539
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
'Among all the literature on participation, this is the first book I know that focuses on municipal authorities. It... also has particular importance both for higher levels of government (at national or provincial/state level) and for international agencies. Firstly, it is a reminder of the importance of well-functioning municipal governments for reducing poverty. Secondly, it is a rich source of case studies and analysis about how municipal authorities can incorporate one central component of 'good governance' - a permanent, participatory engagement with their citizens' From the Foreword by David Satterthwaite, Director, Human Settlements Programme, International Institute for Environment and Development Increasingly, governments and donors are advocating the participation of poor communities in the delivery of urban services and infrastructure. Yet local authorities responsible for implementing participatory policies often do not have the skills, organisations or resources needed, or an adequate idea of the capacity required. This sourcebook provides invaluable practical guidance for municipal officials, and others working in urban development and poverty reduction, on the range of issues to be addressed in planning and managing cities with community participation. It explains the key elements of participation, identifies common constraints and opportunities, describes the vehicles for moving participation forward and outlines the capacity building needed for a municipality to achieve participatory goals.
Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities
Author: Ana Opačić
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030659879
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This contributed volume offers a holistic understanding of social work practice in deprived communities through its thematization of understanding deprived communities globally, the development of competencies for social work practice in and with deprived communities, social work education as a community development tool, and the empowerment of social workers in deprived communities. Inequality as a globally recognized challenge is extensively elaborated within the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Agenda program for social work, making this a timely and important contribution to the literature. Deprived communities, used in this book to mean slums, ghettos, favelas, and low-income, remote, underserved, vulnerable, impoverished, underdeveloped, disadvantaged, or less-favoured communities, exist worldwide and are conceptualized under different terms and concepts. For that reason, social work, specifically in deprived areas, is not sufficiently recognized as a specific field of practice within community work. As a result, this volume features contributions that: provide a conceptual clarification of many different terms that are used for describing deprived communities and offer a systematic literature review on community processes and effects on well-being in underdeveloped communities; map different fields of social work involvement in deprived communities with concrete practice examples; and, stress why social work as a profession needs support and how it can be empowered to improve its capacities in deprived communities. With international authorship and perspectives on social work approaches for deprived communities from India, Sub-Saharan Africa, North and Central Europe, and North America, Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities is an essential resource for social workers, social work educators, and community development practitioners. The text also should be of interest to students of social work, as well as other professionals and researchers working within community development and deprived communities.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030659879
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This contributed volume offers a holistic understanding of social work practice in deprived communities through its thematization of understanding deprived communities globally, the development of competencies for social work practice in and with deprived communities, social work education as a community development tool, and the empowerment of social workers in deprived communities. Inequality as a globally recognized challenge is extensively elaborated within the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Global Agenda program for social work, making this a timely and important contribution to the literature. Deprived communities, used in this book to mean slums, ghettos, favelas, and low-income, remote, underserved, vulnerable, impoverished, underdeveloped, disadvantaged, or less-favoured communities, exist worldwide and are conceptualized under different terms and concepts. For that reason, social work, specifically in deprived areas, is not sufficiently recognized as a specific field of practice within community work. As a result, this volume features contributions that: provide a conceptual clarification of many different terms that are used for describing deprived communities and offer a systematic literature review on community processes and effects on well-being in underdeveloped communities; map different fields of social work involvement in deprived communities with concrete practice examples; and, stress why social work as a profession needs support and how it can be empowered to improve its capacities in deprived communities. With international authorship and perspectives on social work approaches for deprived communities from India, Sub-Saharan Africa, North and Central Europe, and North America, Practicing Social Work in Deprived Communities is an essential resource for social workers, social work educators, and community development practitioners. The text also should be of interest to students of social work, as well as other professionals and researchers working within community development and deprived communities.