Partnerships in Urban Planning - A Guide for Municipalities

Klappentext This book and CD-ROM explain how participatory urban planning strategies can help safeguard poor and vulnerable people. Based on a three-year project in Kenya and produced for people working in local authorities, this project offers guidance on understanding power relations and comparative advantage as a basis for deciding on partners, deciding the type of partnership in relation to project purposes, and assessing the advantages and risks associated with participation and partnership.

About the author

NABEEL HAMDI, architect and teacher. Specialist in housing, shelter and settlement, slum upgrading and in participatory planning and design. Director of the Centre for Development and Emergency Planning (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University. Research Affiliate, MIT Cambridge, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Nabeel Hamdi, Nabeel/ Majale Hamdi, Michael Majale, Nabeel Hamdi
• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2007
• EAN: 9781853396571
• ISBN: 978-1-85339-657-1
• No. of pages: 55
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories