Overview

Human settlement planning involves a multi-disciplinary approach incorporating not only technical questions of housing but also problems of services, health, management and economics.

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Author:   Reinhard Skinner
Publisher:   Practical Action Publishing
Imprint:   Practical Action Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781853391255

ISBN 10:   1853391255
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   15 December 1991
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Report on workshop - training and education, Noelle Houston; report on workshop - self-build and community initiatives, Jeremy Raemaekers; report on working group - infrastructure, health and services, Adrian Smith. Part 1 Policies and institutions: developing institutional capacity for meeting the housing needs of the urban poor - a review of experience in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia, Carole Rakodi; the comparative performance of four institutions - the case of Ismailia, Egypt 1974-1900, Ayman Ismail and Sheilah Meikle; confronting institutional perspectives on genuine participation in decision-making - a case from Brazil, Marisa Rezende; housing in Mongolia - from tent to high-rise, Roy Darke; clearance or rehabilitation - the trends of urban residential renewal in China, Ke Chen; tropical cyclones and Island states - a pattern for development?, James Lewis; the role of small-scale builders in low-income settlements in developing countries - policies, problems and contradictions, Edmundo Werna; the marketization of housing in Eastern Europe - advance or regression?, Natasha Milanovich. Part 2 Technologies for human settlements: choosing infrastructural and health interventions in poor urban communities - cost-effectiveness for health improvements, R.A. Dixon, et al; desiging from people - lessons from our ancestors - a cross-cultural analysis of changing house forms in Turkey and Sri Lanka, Aylin Orbasli and Dhananjaya Senanayake; small enterprises and employment creation in Rio de Janeiro's low-income settlements - the experience of community enterprise programmes, Bertha Treiger; the planning assistance kit - a planning guide for community-based organizations, Nabeel Hamdi; aided self-help house building - the case of Siwa oasis, Omar Khattab; sustaining settlement improvements - Lusaka, Zambia, Alistair Wray. Part 3 Issues and appropriate responses: residential movement and poverty - some implications for the development of spontaneous settlements, Peter Kellett; I want to grow houses, or the 7.62mm (4.9kg) Galil Assault Rifle as an essential tool in the construction process!, Ross Gilhome; supporting settlement design and dwelling design in self-help urban housing in Sri Lanka, Ranjith Dayaratne; the health effects of war and urbanization on the poor in Luanda, Angola, Najmi Kanji; information needs in construction and housing in the Third World, Charles Choguill and Ana Silva-Roberts.

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He has worked in the international public service (the United Nations), the non-profit sector (fifteen years in different NGOs and five in foundations) and several years as a consultant. He has also worked with or for major donor agencies, such as the European Commission, the United Nations, DFID and GTZ. He is currently independent consultant and manager at UMDA BV, Rotterdam Area, Netherlands

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