Building together : case studies in participatory planning and community building / Roger Katan and Ronald Shiffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katan, Roger, author.

Shiffman, Ron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Citizen participation--Case studies.

City planning.

Community development--Case studies.

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : New Village Press, 2014.

Summary:

With case studies of neighborhood developments from North and South America, Europe, and Africa that span more than forty years. this book offers a seminal treatise on the community based design practices of participatory planning an advocacy architecture. "To transform their good intentions into tangible results in neighborhoods jittery over gentrification, the mayor and his planners should read Building Together: Case Studies in Participatory Planning and Community Building ." - Sam Roberts, The New York Times With case studies of neighborhood developments from North and South America, Europe, and Africa that span forty years, Building Together offers a seminal treatise on the community-based design practices of participatory planning and advocacy architecture. The authors describe the challenges, opportunities, and rewards of grassroots collaboration through vivid personal accounts chosen for their practical lessons. Their case studies range in scale from regional urban planning to smaller architectural projects, and geographically from Harlem, Greenpoint, and the greater New York Metropolitan region to sites in coastal Colombia, southern France, and Burkina Faso, Africa. Building Together is designed to appeal to a diverse audience of community development specialists, faculty and students of planning, architecture, community health, and the social sciences, practicing professionals and decision-makers in economic development, and community-based organizations.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword by Dore Ashton

Foreword by Kenneth Reardon

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Emergence of Participatory Practices in Architecture, Planning, and Development

Case Study 1: Participatory Planning on a Regional Scale, New York

Case Study 2: Williamsburg-Greenpoint Case, New York

Case Study 3: East Harlem Cases, New York

Case Study 4: Creation of the First Microcredit Organization, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Case Study 5: Jardies, Meudon, France

Case Study 6: Organization for Homeless People: The Destechados, Pereira, Colombia

Case Study 7: Four Projects from the Pacific Coast of Colombia and Tumaco

Conclusion

Appendix

References

Index

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61332-050-7