A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Community participation in development: nine plagues and twelve commandments
Many development thinkers and practitioners have been pondering over community participation for the last two to three decades – some even called the 1980s the decade of participation. To a large extent the current decade of social movements, non government organizations (NGOs) and community based organizations (CBOs), is a manifestation of organized community participation. By analyzing the dynamics of community participation, particularly in the South African urban upgrading context, nine obstacles and impediments ('plagues') are exposed which serve to illustrate participatory development as a complex and difficult, though essential and challenging endeavour. Twelve draft guidelines ('commandments') are also presented in trying to address these obstacles associated with participatory development.
Community participation in development: nine plagues and twelve commandments
Many development thinkers and practitioners have been pondering over community participation for the last two to three decades – some even called the 1980s the decade of participation. To a large extent the current decade of social movements, non government organizations (NGOs) and community based organizations (CBOs), is a manifestation of organized community participation. By analyzing the dynamics of community participation, particularly in the South African urban upgrading context, nine obstacles and impediments ('plagues') are exposed which serve to illustrate participatory development as a complex and difficult, though essential and challenging endeavour. Twelve draft guidelines ('commandments') are also presented in trying to address these obstacles associated with participatory development.
Community participation in development: nine plagues and twelve commandments
Botes, Lucius (author) / van Rensburg, Dingie (author)
Community development journal ; 35 ; 41-
2000-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Online Contents | 1995
The 7 Plagues of Urban Housing
| Online Contents | 1996
"COMMANDMENTS" FOR USING THE BACKUP LINE
| British Library Online Contents | 2003
The Eleven Commandments for IVHS
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994