Confronting the crisis in urban poverty : making integrated approaches work /

Confronting the crisis in urban poverty : making integrated approaches work /

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Imprint:Rugby, Warwickshire : ITDG Publishing, 2006.
Description:xx, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Urban management series
Subject:
Urban poor -- Developing countries.
Poverty -- Developing countries.
Urban policy -- Developing countries.
Poverty.
Urban policy.
Urban poor.
Developing countries.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6249193
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Other authors / contributors:Stevens, Lucy.
Coupe, Stuart, 1966-
Mitlin, Diana.
ISBN:1853396370 (pbk.)
9781853396373 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-250) and index.
Standard no.:9781853396373
Table of Contents:
  • The Urban Management Series
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of boxes
  • List of figures
  • List of plates
  • List of maps
  • List of tables
  • List of abbreviations and acronyms
  • 1. Introduction
  • The urban poverty crisis
  • Sustainable livelihoods
  • Integrated urban development
  • Key research lines
  • Case studies in this volume
  • Themes and comparisons
  • Part I. Post-conflict
  • 2. Erosion control in innercity Maputo, Mozambique: Sustained livelihood impact?
  • Introduction
  • Research design
  • Background
  • Summary of erosion protection works
  • Impacts of the intervention
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Partnership for infrastructure in the musseques of Luanda, Angola
  • Introduction
  • Contextualizing LURE
  • The Municipality of Kilamba Kiaxi
  • The LURE project: partnerships and governance
  • Impact of interventions on urban livelihoods
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Displacement and eventual inclusion? IDPs in Khartoum and Kassala, Sudan
  • Introduction
  • National context
  • The case study settlements
  • Impact of interventions on livelihoods in Khartoum
  • Impact of interventions on livelihoods in Kassala
  • Conclusion
  • Part II. Africa
  • 5. A professional perspective on a people's process: A history of VukuZenzele
  • Introduction
  • The approach
  • The VukuZenzele Development
  • The post-tornado development in Manenberg
  • Professional processes and the impact on participative development
  • Private enterprise and collective interest
  • Civil society: A new deal but not a new deck
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Integrated development, squatters and tenants, in low-income settlements in Kenya
  • Introduction
  • National context
  • Project strategy
  • Nakuru
  • Mavoko
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Staying afloat in a crisis: Incomes and housing in Chitungwiza and Epworth, Zimbabwe
  • Introduction
  • Context
  • Project locations
  • Project design
  • Chitungwiza
  • Epworth
  • Conclusion
  • Part III. Asia
  • 8. Assessing the impact of a microfinance programme: Orangi Pilot Project, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Introduction
  • Background of Karachi and the Orangi Pilot Project
  • Microfinance Programme of Orangi Charitable Trust
  • The need and purpose of the study
  • Conclusion
  • 9. Integrated housing development strategies for the urban poor in Alwar city, India
  • Introduction
  • The research
  • Alwar integrated Urban Housing Project
  • The impact of coordinated multi-sector interventions
  • Adoption of the integrated approach
  • Conclusion
  • 10. Understanding urban livelihoods in a secondary town in Bangladesh
  • Introduction
  • National context
  • The micro-credit revolution
  • The origins of Faridpur town slum settlements
  • Livelihood strategies of slum dwellers
  • Interventions in Faridpur slums
  • Lessons and recommendations
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Sustainable livelihoods
  • Governance and livelihoods-based approaches
  • Integrated approaches
  • Final remarks
  • Contributors
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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