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Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project
Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
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2008
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| author | Xali, Nomawethu |
| author2 | Theron, Francois |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1679 Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project Xali, Nomawethu Theron, Francois University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Management and Planning. Housing development -- South Africa -- Citizen participation Community development -- South Africa Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning School of Public Management and Planning Thesis (MPA (School of Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. One of the problems with development planning is a lack of community participation. This is due to the top-down approach that dominates development planning. To improve chances of sustainable development there is a need to shift from a top-down approach towards a bottom-up approach. The bottom-up approach promotes people-centred development. People-centred development focuses on people and enhances their capacity to influence the direction and implementation of the development process. Communities can only influence the development process through their participation. International bodies such as the United Nations and the World Bank support the concept of community participation in development planning. The South African policy framework also provides for community participation. The change agents should utilise this opportunity by sharing knowledge and by learning from the indigenous knowledge of the community. This knowledge exchange between the community and the change agents creates a platform for social learning, capacity building and empowerment. It is through this platform that sustainable development could be achieved. This kind of development process accommodates the building blocks of development. This study examines the level of community participation in a housing development project at the Boystown informal settlement. It was found that there is a lack of community participation in this project and that the project could be a success if there is a higher level of participation by the beneficiaries. Masters 2008-07-24T08:03:47Z 2010-06-01T08:30:29Z 2008-07-24T08:03:47Z 2010-06-01T08:30:29Z 2005-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1679 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Housing development -- South Africa -- Citizen participation Community development -- South Africa Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning School of Public Management and Planning Xali, Nomawethu Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title | Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title_full | Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title_fullStr | Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title_short | Community participation in housing development : the Boystown informal settlement project |
| title_sort | community participation in housing development the boystown informal settlement project |
| topic | Housing development -- South Africa -- Citizen participation Community development -- South Africa Dissertations -- Public management and planning Theses -- Public management and planning School of Public Management and Planning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1679 |
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