Community based urban development: a strategy for improving social sustainability

Abstract

This paper presents an alternative approach to urban development which emphasizes broad based citizen participation in identifying neighbourhood needs and skills as the basis for neighbourhood based development. Process and results of a survey of 444 urban households in Schenectady, New York, affirm the role resident participation can play in identifying development strategies which support social connections, despite existing communication and institutional barriers.

Citation

O’Hara, S.U. (1999), "Community based urban development: a strategy for improving social sustainability", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 26 No. 10/11, pp. 1327-1343. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299910292550