
Building Sustainable Urban Settlements
Approaches and case studies in the developing world
Series: Urban Management Series
Published: 2002
Pages: 320
eBook: 9781780441269
Paperback: 9781853395413
1. Introduction
Carole Rakodi, Sam Romaya
PART I: URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING
2. Housing and industry in Lahore, Pakistan: good or bad neighbours?
Rizwan Hameed, Jeremy Raemaekers
3. Urban growth and development in Shanghai: towards responsive institutional arrangements for environmental planning and management
David Shaw, Peter J.B. Brown, David W. Massey, Xiangrong Wang
4. Rational environmental decision-making: some lessons from Thailand’s EIA experience
Orapim Pimcharoen, David Shaw
5. The effects of home-based enterprises on the residential environment in developing countries
Graham Tipple, Justine Coulson, Peter Kellett
PART II: ACHIEVING INSTITUTIONAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
6. Environments of harmony and social conflict: the role of the environment in defusing urban violence in Medellin, Colombia
Peter Brand
7. Building sustainable capacity for urban poverty reduction
Carole Rakodi
8. The role of civil society in housing policy development: some lessons from Southern Africa
Paul Jenkins
9. Community empowerment and social sustainability in Florianópolis, Brazil
Denise Martins Lopes, Carole Rakodi
10. When the state cannot cope: community self-management? The case of Rincón Grande de Pavas in San José de Costa Rica, Central America
Harry Smith
11. Cultural continuity: comparing the fereej system and modern housing development in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
Mashary A. Al-Naim
PART III: SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
12. Incremental transformations for sustainable urban settlements
Sam Romaya
13. Good practice in core area development: combating poverty through a participatory approach
Tony Lloyd-Jones, Sarah Carmona
14. Ambitious aims, persistent problems: an evaluation of low-income urban housing policy in Iran
M.R. Dallalpour Mohammadi
15. Developing appropriate housing standards and procedures
Theo Schilderman, Lucky Lowe
16. Public–private partnerships in urban land development
Geoffrey Payne
17. Conclusion: some building blocks for sustainable urban settlements
Carole Rakodi
Back Matter (Notes on authors, Notes, References, Index)
Sam Romaya Sam Romaya is an architect–planner specializing in urban planning, urban design and urban conservation with interest in developing countries in general and the Middle East in particular.
Carole Rakodi Carole Rakodi, geographer and town planner, is Professor of International Urban Development in the International Development Department, School of Public Policy, at the University of Birmingham.