The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation in Housing

by Matthew A. Koschmann

Overview

Housing is a fundamental human need but remains one of the most difficult things for disadvantaged people to obtain. Participatory approaches to accessing housing are often complicated and inconsistent and need to be re-examined. The book explores three cases in the Philippines, revealing how people understand and experience participatory housing as both empowering and conflicting. Using an organisational communication lens, Koschmann rethinks civil society collaboration in housing resettlement and relocation, proposing a new approach to participation for informal settlement communities in the Global South. The book is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners in organisational communication, housing and development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529245257
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	06/01/2026
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240

About the Author

Matthew A. Koschmann is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Colorado

Table of Contents

1. Developing a Communicative Approach to Housing and Civil Society Collaboration in the Philippines

2. Participatory Approaches to Housing Reconstruction and Relocation

3. Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation

4. People’s Plan and Mangaahan Floodway

5. Gawad Kalinga

6. Habitat for Humanity

7. Life Bank and IOM (International Organization for Migration)

8. Conclusion