000			02231nam a22001937a 4500
020			_a9781853396168
050			_aMED HV4173 _b. S35
100			_aSchilderman, Theo
245			_aBuilding bridges with the grassroots: scaling-up through knowledge sharing
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aBourton-on-Dunsmore _bITDG Publishing _c2005
300			_axiii, 169p. _bill.
505			_aBuilding bridges, changing lives Women building disaster resilient communities Women's voices through video Enabling women's construction enterprises Strengthening community savings and credit Communities reducing kitchen smoke Mothers campaigning for better lives Sharing grassroots women's knowledge Building skills, enterprizes and roofs Communities organizing infrastructure improvement Facing slums issues through federations Scaled-up urban waste responses Learning lessons and informing practice Redefining policies, regulations and processes
520			_a"About one billion people now live in the slums of the towns and cities of the developing world, and their number is set to double by 2030 unless concerted efforts are made to the contrary. The official target for improving the living conditions of slum-dwellers falls far short of the numbers affected. Slum residents themselves are the major actors in upgrading their living environment, and there are many good examples of decentralized upgrading, but in order to improve the lives of much larger numbers, these examples need to be scaled-up." "This book examines how this can be done successfully, by investigating ten case studies and the lessons to be derived from those. These case studies cover a range of projects or programmes in different continents and focus on several issues that affect the lives of slum-dwellers, including housing, services provision, capacity building, and income generation. Each study incorporates an aspect of scaling-up and this book considers a range of scaling-up methods, including peer training, exchange visits, information networks, and appropriate communication."--BOOK JACKET
650			_aCommunity development
650			_aCommunity development Developing countries
700			_aRuskulis, Otto Eriks
942			_cBK
999			_c38011 _d38011