ISBN: 9780754647867 - Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila (urban and Regional Planning and Development) (20 results)

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or 'squatter' settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world. With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is an urgent need to address this urban crisis. Recently, innovative approaches have focused on the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory programmes. This incisive book questions whether communities have the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major redevelopment. It also examines when and how mobilization of communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land development. It is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the experience of CBOs in Manila, as the Philippine government has undertaken what is perhaps the most radical experiment in decentralized, participatory approaches to urban governance in the world. The book emphasizes the external conditions that influence patterns of collective action within communities and addresses issues such as the local political economy and the communities' place within the global economy.…

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Condition: New. Questions whether communities have the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major redevelopment. This book also examines when and how mobilization of communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land development. Series Editor(s): Haughton, Professor Graham. Series: Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Includes 5 b&w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: JKSN1; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 405. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .…

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Condition: New. Questions whether communities have the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major redevelopment. This book also examines when and how mobilization of communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land development. Series Editor(s): Haughton, Professor Graham. Series: Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, Includes 5 b&w illustrations and 4 maps. BIC Classification: JKSN1; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 405. . 2007. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Dr Gavin Shatkin is Assistant Professor at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, USA.An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or squatter settlements in the rapidly growing cities .…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - There is an urgent need to address the problems experienced by rapidly growing cities in the developing world. Recently, innovative approaches have focused on community-based organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory programmes. Using the experience of CBOs in Manila, this book emphasizes the external conditions that influence patterns of collective action within communities and addresses issues such as the local political economy and the communities' place within the global economy.…