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Community Action and Planning: Contexts, Drivers and Outcomes
Nick Gallent
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Description for Community Action and Planning: Contexts, Drivers and Outcomes
Hardback. Analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: RPC; RPG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
With trust in top-down government faltering, community-based groups around the world are displaying an ever-greater appetite to take control of their own lives and neighbourhoods. Government, for its part, is keen to embrace the projects and the planning undertaken at this level, attempting to regularise it and use it as a means of reconnecting to citizens and localising democracy. This unique book analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in a selection of case studies in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, ... Read more
With trust in top-down government faltering, community-based groups around the world are displaying an ever-greater appetite to take control of their own lives and neighbourhoods. Government, for its part, is keen to embrace the projects and the planning undertaken at this level, attempting to regularise it and use it as a means of reconnecting to citizens and localising democracy. This unique book analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in a selection of case studies in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447315162
SKU
V9781447315162
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Ref
99-50
About Nick Gallent
Nick Gallent is Professor of Housing and Planning at University College London. His research focuses on planning systems and local practice, as they relate to housing delivery. He has a particular interest in rural communities and affordable housing. Daniela Ciaffi is Professor of Urban Sociology in the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Palermo. She has published widely ... Read more
Reviews for Community Action and Planning: Contexts, Drivers and Outcomes
"Should be regarded as a welcome addition on the reading lists of students and researchers who are interested in learning about planning activism and community organising." Town Planning Review "A valuable contribution to our understanding of community action and public participation in planning that pushes boundaries in its reframing of participation as an integral part of planning and governance. Compelling ... Read more