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Community Participation in Development

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    The aim of this course is to equip students with the knowledge and practical skills needed to apply participatory approaches in urban development, focusing on sustainable community development and project planning. By integrating theory with practice, the course explores tools and techniques to address urban challenges and formulate city strategies. Emphasis is placed on engaging diverse stakeholders throughout the decision-making process, empowering local communities and governments, and fostering collaborative alliances. Students will develop a critical understanding of participation models, methods, and ethical considerations, enabling them to create inclusive and effective solutions to urban issues.
  • Course Goals
  • Good Health and Well-being
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Climate Action

Requirements

Description

  • English Description

    Ladder of participation, Major models and methods of community participation practice, e.g., monocultural, pluralist, multicultural, Assessing community conditions, Making participatory plans, Representing diverse interests, Politics of participation, Collaborative alliances, Finding common ground, Addressing issues of ethics and values arising in the field
  • Arabic Description

    This course introduces participatory approaches for urban development with practical applications of methods used in project planning and sustainable community development. The course illustrates a set of tools and techniques for the integration of theory and the community participation practices among urban challenges and city strategies. The course focuses on the importance of involvement of different stakeholders throughout the decision-making process and focuses on strategies to empower local community and local government.
  • Department
    Urban Planning
  • Credit Hours
    2
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (15) + tr.Major Assessment (45 = tr.Industry 0% , tr.Project 0% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 0% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + Exam Grade (35)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 1, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 0
  • Required SWL
    75
  • Equivalent ECTS
    3
  • Abbott J. Sharing the City : Community Participation in Urban Management. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis; 2013.
  • Malone L. Desire Lines : A Guide to Community Participation in Designing Places. London: RIBA Publishing; 2018
  • Sanoff, Henry. 2000. Community participation methods in design and planning. John Wiley & Sons.