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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Part 1 Historical Analysis of Community Participation; 1 Introduction; 2 Community Participation and Project-based development; 3 Community Participation in Project-based Development; 4 Community Participation and Local Government; Part 2 Theory of Community Participation; 5 Characteristics of Community Development; 6 Characteristics of Empowerment/Conscientisacion; 7 Characteristics of Community Participation in Negotiated Development; 8 The Community Participation Surround

9 Building a Practical Model of the Community Participation SurroundPart 3 Implementation of Community Participation; 10 Role and Impact of Development Professionals; 11 Community Organizations and Urban Management; 12 Commimity Participation and NGOs; 13 Interventions and their Impact on the Commimity Participation Process; References; Index

While the rate of urbanisation in the developing world has increased dramatically over the past 20 years, governments' capacity to support urban growth has, in many cases, failed to keep up with this trend. Non-governmental organisations working in the field have long advocated community management of the urban environment as the best solution to this problem, and there is now a growing consensus that the answer does, indeed, lie with local communities. Yet there is still little understanding of what constitutes meaningful and effective community participation, or how it may be achieved in suc.