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An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or 'squatter'
settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world.
With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is an
urgent need to address this urban crisis. Recently, innovative
approaches have focused on the role of community-based
organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory
programmes. This incisive book questions whether communities have
the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major
redevelopment. It also examines when and how mobilization of
communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence
in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land
development. It is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the
experience of CBOs in Manila, as the Philippine government has
undertaken what is perhaps the most radical experiment in
decentralized, participatory approaches to urban governance in the
world. The book emphasizes the external conditions that influence
patterns of collective action within communities and addresses
issues such as the local political economy and the communities'
place within the global economy.
An estimated 600 million people now live in informal or 'squatter'
settlements in the rapidly growing cities of the developing world.
With such settlements often lacking basic necessities, there is an
urgent need to address this urban crisis. Recently, innovative
approaches have focused on the role of community-based
organizations (CBOs) in setting up self-help and participatory
programmes. This incisive book questions whether communities have
the ability to organize, engage government and undertake major
redevelopment. It also examines when and how mobilization of
communities occurs and if such organizations possess any influence
in the intensely political decision-making arena of urban land
development. It is illustrated by a detailed analysis of the
experience of CBOs in Manila, as the Philippine government has
undertaken what is perhaps the most radical experiment in
decentralized, participatory approaches to urban governance in the
world. The book emphasizes the external conditions that influence
patterns of collective action within communities and addresses
issues such as the local political economy and the communities'
place within the global economy.
Cities for Profit examines the phenomenon of urban real estate
megaprojects in Asia—massive, privately built planned urban
developments that have captured the imagination of politicians,
policymakers, and citizens across the region. These controversial
projects, embraced by elites, occasion massive displacement and
have extensive social and economic impacts. Gavin Shatkin finds
commonalities and similarities in dozens of such projects in
Jakarta, Kolkata, and Chongqing. Shatkin is at the vanguard of
urban studies in his focus on real estate. Just as cities are
increasingly defined and remapped according to the value of the
land under their residents’ feet, the lives of city dwellers are
shaped and constrained by their ability to keep up with rising
costs of urban life. Scholars and policy and planning professionals
alike will benefit from Shatkin’s comprehensive research. Cities
for Profit contains insights from more than 150 interviews, site
visits to projects, and data from government and nongovernmental
organization reports and data, urban plans, architectural
renderings, annual reports and promotional materials of developers,
and newspaper and other media accounts.
Cities for Profit examines the phenomenon of urban real estate
megaprojects in Asia-massive, privately built planned urban
developments that have captured the imagination of politicians,
policymakers, and citizens across the region. These controversial
projects, embraced by elites, occasion massive displacement and
have extensive social and economic impacts. Gavin Shatkin finds
commonalities and similarities in dozens of such projects in
Jakarta, Kolkata, and Chongqing. Shatkin is at the vanguard of
urban studies in his focus on real estate. Just as cities are
increasingly defined and remapped according to the value of the
land under their residents' feet, the lives of city dwellers are
shaped and constrained by their ability to keep up with rising
costs of urban life. Scholars and policy and planning professionals
alike will benefit from Shatkin's comprehensive research. Cities
for Profit contains insights from more than 150 interviews, site
visits to projects, and data from government and nongovernmental
organization reports and data, urban plans, architectural
renderings, annual reports and promotional materials of developers,
and newspaper and other media accounts.
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