Urban development and civil society : the role of communities in sustainable cities /
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| Imprint: | London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2001. |
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| Description: | xiv, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4431239 |
Table of Contents:
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Glossary
- Part 1. Introduction: The Challenge of a Sustainable Urban Future--the Role of Institutions
- 1. Top-down and bottom-up: the challenge of cities in the new century
- 2. The state, the market and community: an analytical framework for community self-development
- Part 2. Case Studies: Lessons from International Experience in Key Urban Development Issues
- 3. The role of civil society in shelter at the periphery: the experience of peri-urban communities in Maputo, Mozambique
- 4. The state, business and the community: abating industrial nuisance in Lahore, Pakistan
- 5. Urban public transport: the development of a regulatory role for NGOs in Pakistan
- 6. Informal development in the market socialist city: the case of the floating population of Beijing
- 7. Urban management and community development in Metro Manila
- 8. When community development becomes a political bargaining tool: the case for structural change in low income housing provision in Costa Rica
- 9. Community-based organizations and the struggle for land and housing in South Africa: urban social movements in transition
- 10. Renegotiating places: the experience of low-demand housing in Salford, England
- Part 3. Analysis and Conclusions: Strengthening the Changing Role of Civil Society
- 11. Relationships between the state and civil society and their importance for sustainable development
- 12. Civil society and new social movements
- Notes
- References
- Index