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Local Communities and Urban Regeneration: The Contribution of Community Education.
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Kruger, Angelika – Community Development Journal, 1993
An urban renewal program in preunification Berlin involved self-help projects and a community school. The program demonstrated a holistic approach to urban regeneration and showed that the success of participatory community processes depends on community education. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Education, Foreign Countries, Self Help Programs
Barriers to Community Participation in Development Planning: Lessons from the Mutengene (Cameroon) Self-Help Water Project.
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Njoh, Ambe J. – Community Development Journal, 2002
A community water supply project in Cameroon illustrates the following constraints on community participation in development: paternalistic authorities, prescriptive role of the state, selective participation, bias toward "hard" issues, inattention to negative results, group conflicts, gatekeeping, pressure for immediate results,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Planning, Developing Nations