Author : William Peterman
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761911995
Neighborhood Planning and Community-Based Development by William Peterman Pdf
"This book explores the promise and limits of bottom-up, grass-roots strategies of community organizing, development, and planning as blueprints for successful revitalization and maintenance of urban neighborhoods. Peterman proposes conditions that need to be met for bottom-up strategies to succeed. Successful neighborhood development depends not only on local actions, but also on the ability of local groups to marshal resources and political will at levels above that of the neighborhood itself. While he supports community-based initiatives, he argues that there are limits to what can be accomplished exclusively at the grassroots level, where most efforts fail"--Back cover.