Process of Participatory Human Settlements Development in Asia : Focusing on Case Study of UN-Habitat's Activities

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  • Noda Toshiyasu
    Department of Urban Design, Planning and Disaster Management, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, UN-HABITAT Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific-Fukuoka

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  • アジアにおける参加型居住開発プロセスに関する一考察 : 国連ハビタットの活動を事例研究として
  • アジア ニ オケル サンカガタ キョジュウ カイハツ プロセス ニ カンスル イチ コウサツ コクレン ハビタット ノ カツドウ オ ジレイ ケンキュウ ト シテ

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Abstract

“Participatory development” is often considered to be participation by “people” in development programmes implemented by “outsiders”. However, “development” means “good change” created by “people”, not “outsiders”. This is what is recognized as the “People's Process”, i.e. the development process by people themselves. The underlying principle of the People's Process is to place people at the centre of the development process. The People's Process is fast becoming the “heart” of sustainable human settlements development, which can be effectively facilitated under different situations. For example, in a post-disaster situation, reconstruction by people through mutual help in communities has proved much faster and more sustainable than donor-driven approaches, promoting　“seamless recovery”.

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  • 都市・建築学研究

    都市・建築学研究 18 1-10, 2010-07-15

    Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University

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