Community Initiatives in Urban Infrastructure

Andrew Cotton

doi:10.3362/9781788532808

Community Initiatives in Urban Infrastructure

This manual investigates the extent and nature of the involvement of low-income urban communities in the provision of their local infrastructure. It also provides guidance for policy-makers and professional staff of urban government, development agencies, non-government organisations, and small to medium enterprises for promoting increased involvement of communities in the procurement of neighbourhood (tertiary level) infrastructure. Cases relating to water supply, sanitation, drainage, access, paving, street and security lighting, solid waste removal, and community buildings are examined.

Published: 1998
Pages: 96

eBook: 9781788532808

Paperback: 9780906055564


ABBREVIATIONS
1 Introduction
About this manual
Background and scope of work
2 Infrastructure procurement
Why community partnering?
3 The cases
4 Lessons from the cases
Roles and responsibilities
Government procedures: a surprising amount of scope
Accountability and transparency
Whose money is it?
How are decisions reached?
Performance of community partnered procurement
Cost
Time
Quality
Wider benefits of community partnered procurement
Constraints on community partnered procurement
Institutionalising community partnered procurement
5 Guidelines for community partnered procurement