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Building Sustainable Urban Communities

Can A Common Participatory Space Offer A Solution

Overview

Globalization and rapid urbanization in the developing world have been contributing greatly to a current unsustainable reality. In order to move towards a sustainable society, the strength of people working collectively as a community must be recognized and harnessed to begin making changes from the bottom up. This thesis will examine how a common participatory space has the potential to become a community hub, and to foster participatory dialogue, negotiation and decision-making within urban communities of poverty. After examining the current reality, including present development practices, this research strives to find universal elements for a common participatory space where vision building and strategic community action can flourish. This study also examines the processes needed to engage community members in the cultivation, creation and maintenance of a common participatory space

ISBN
Category Urban Studies
Call number HC79E5 B85 2006
Physical description 109 pages:24 cm.
Edition year 2006
Bibliographical references? Yes
Publisher name N/A
Publication year 2006
Place of publication N/A
Language English
Is series? No

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