Local Action and Participation : : Approaches and Lessons Learnt from Participatory Projects and Action Research in Future Megacities / / ed. by Ulrike Schinkel, Angela Jain, Sabine Schröder.

• MitwirkendeR: Bleck, Daniela,; Bonaker, Alva,; Born, Lukas,; Brandt, Juliane,; Chahed, Ahmed,; Crozet, Natacha,; Fuhrmann, Raban Daniel,; Heins, Bernd,; Jain, Angela,; Knoll, Michael,; Kochendörfer, Bernd,; Kuttler, Tobias,; Pahl-Weber, Elke,; Rupp, Johannes,; Schinkel, Ulrike,; Schröder, Sabine,; Stelzer, Bertine,; Zehner, Carsten,
• HerausgeberIn: Jain, Angela,; Schinkel, Ulrike,; Schröder, Sabine,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin : : JOVIS Verlag GmbH, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Future Megacities ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Bei der Entwicklung von Megastädten wird die Wichtigkeit von zivilgesellschaftlich initiierten bottom-up-Ansätzen oft ebenso unterschätzt wie die Bedeutung der lokalen Ebene als Umsetzungsebene. Anhand von sieben Fallstudien des Future-Megacities-Programms zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel und zur Reduzierung von Treibhausgas-Emissionen zeigt dieser Band, wie Bürger vor Ort zu Beteiligung und aktivem Handeln motiviert werden können. Die Fallstudien vermitteln Erfahrungen aus Pilotprojekten und Aktionsforschung, aber auch die Geschichten hinter den Aktivitäten und Kooperationsprozessen und die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse. Der Band formuliert übergreifende Schlussfolgerungen und Empfehlungen zur Umsetzung von städtischen Entwicklungsprozessen und zu weiterer Partizipationsforschung.

The significance of bottom-up approaches initiated by civil society as well as the importance of the local level as the level for implementation is often overlooked when dealing with megacity developments. The main aim of this volume is to retrospectively trace participatory and local action approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas from seven case studies of the programme. By bringing together experiences gained from pilot projects and action research, the volume narrates the “stories behind” individual activities and co-operation processes, illustrates ingenuous results and lessons learned, and formulates overarching conclusions and recommendations for future participatory field research and realisation of urban development projects.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Index -- Introduction -- Local Action and Participation in Urban Development -- Theoretical Departures -- Eight Case Studies -- Urban Agriculture in Urban Development: Methods of Awareness-raising and Knowledge Transfer (Casablanca, Morocco) -- Community Participation for Energyefficient and Sustainable Housing (Ilitha, South Africa) -- Challenges of Interdepartmental Collaboration to Foster Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings (Gauteng Province, South Africa) -- A Citizens’ Exhibition as a Communicative-participative Approach in Hashtgerd New Town (Iran) -- Hyderabad—Community Radio for Local Empowerment: Participation and Organisational Sustainability -- Local Action in and on Urban Open Spaces of Hyderabad -- Lessons Learnt from a Communitybased Adaptation Project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- Addis Ababa—Participatory Development of Carrying Devices for Recyclable Material Collectors -- Outcomes -- Findings and Lessons Learnt -- The Projects of the Programme on Future Megacities in Brief -- Authors -- Imprint