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An exploration of the complex relationship between national development strategies and the urban sector. The text focuses on the role of the state as mediator between international donors and internal domestic interests. It examines how the changing role of the state moves to market-based policies, and new development models have affected the provision of housing and sectoral programmes of poverty alleviation. The results provide analyses for all involved - donors, development agencies, governments and municipal authorities, and community groups.

Planning in Cities- is an innovative study which bridges theory and practice to explore the conflicting challenges of the increasingly rapid scale and speed of city growth and providing effective urban planning policies and management strategies.
Part One explores the changing paradigms of development and environmentalism and how these have impacted on the process of urbanization and the emerging debates on the sustainability cities. These chapters review and elaborate the discourse on sustainability, setting it firmly within the context of urbanization and development. The increasing...

An exploration of the complex relationship between national development strategies and the urban sector. The text focuses on the role of the state as mediator between international donors and internal domestic interests. It examines how the changing role of the state moves to market-based policies, and new development models have affected the provision of housing and sectoral programmes of poverty alleviation. The results provide analyses for all involved - donors, development agencies, governments and municipal authorities, and community groups.

The book is distinctive in combining theoretical discussion on the role of networks, resources and social capital with fieldwork evidence and interviews with members of RCOs, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and statutory authorities. It critically examines the impact of dispersal and current legislative change on refugee communities and RCOs; explores the integrative role of RCOs; assesses the race relations framework in Britain and its effects on refugee organisations and provides a thorough and up-to-date literature review.Refugee community organisations and dispersal is essential...