The Urban Opportunity
The work of NGOs in cities of the South
Nicolas Hall, Robert Hart, Diana Mitlin
It is now being recognised among development professionals that urban poverty is massive and growing and that rural development initiatives are no longer relevant in slowing rural to urban migration as growth has its own internal dynamic stemming from natural population increase. This book is an important tool to understanding the true level of urban poverty and the essential role that the urban poor play in supporting urban and hence national economies and therefore resulting in a more positive attitude to urban areas and the work being done by governments and NGOs.
Published: 1996
Pages: 144
eBook: 9781780446219
Paperback: 9781853393471
| About the contributing organizations vii | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Introduction and overview 1 | |||
| ROB HART | |||
| 2 Working with urban poverty in Sudan, Angola | |||
| and Somalia 17 | |||
| JUDY EL BUSHRA, MAUREEN MAKKI and RAJA JARRAH, Agency | |||
| for Co-operation and Research in Development | |||
| 3 Strategies to strengthen urban health and social | |||
| development 31 | |||
| SUZANNE FUSTUKIAN, Appropriate Health Resources | |||
| and Technologies Action Group | |||
| 4 Working with older people in urban areas 39 | |||
| DEVIKA TAMANG, with contributions from ANNE MARIE | |||
| SHARMAN, SUSANNA CONNER and KAREN PEACHEY, | |||
| Help Age International | |||
| 5 The development of an India-UK-South Africa partnership 47 | |||
| RUTH McLEOD, Homeless International | |||
| 6 Urban development work in Kenya and Bangladesh 61 | |||
| NICOLAS HALL, with case studies by LUI MUTHARIA and | |||
| SHAHIDA AZAMI, Intermediate Technology | |||
| 7 Rehabilitating the Rimac River 76 | |||
| LUCIEN O. CHAUVIN and ANNA ZUCCHETI, International | |||
| Cooperation for Development | |||
| 8 Developing new ways of undertaking research in the | |||
| Human Settlements Programme 84 | |||
| DIANA MITLIN and DAVID SATTERTHWAITE, International | |||
| Institute for Environment and Development | |||
| 9 Examples of urban development work from Senegal and | |||
| Egypt 103 | |||
| KOOS NEEFJES, ROB HART and MARIAM DEM, Oxfam | |||
| 10 Community-led water and sanitation projects in the | |||
| urban sector 118 | |||
| RAY HESLOP, Water Aid | |||
| References and notes 124 |
Diana Mitlin
Dr Diana Mitlin is Senior Research Associate, International Institute for Environment and Development and Lecturer, Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
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