Planning and Decentralization: Contested Spaces for Public Action in the Global South

by Victoria A. Beard (Editor), Faranak Miraftab (Editor), Christopher Silver (Editor)

Overview

The first in-depth study of the impact of economic and political decentralization on planning practice in developing economies, this innovative volume, using original case study research by leading experts drawn from diverse fields of inquiry, from planning to urban studies, geography and economics, explores the dramatic transformation that decentralization implies in responsibilities of the local planning and governance structures.

It examines a range of key issues, including:

• public and private finance
• local leadership and electoral issues
• planning in post-conflict societies.

Offering unique insights into how planning has changed in specific countries, paying particular attention to South East Asian economies, India and South Africa, this excellent volume is an invaluable resource for researchers, graduate students and planners interested in urban planning in its international political and economic context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134120642
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/04/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Victoria A. Beard is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California at Irvine. Her research and teaching focus on international development planning, community-based planning, collective action, social movements and poverty alleviation.

Faranak Miraftab is an Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research and teaching are concerned with transnational processes of community development, with special focus on grassroots strategies and mobilizations for access to housing and basic services.

Christopher Silver, FAICP, is Dean and Professor of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He has taught and consulted on urban development and planning in Indonesia over the past eighteen years. He is author of Planning the Megacity: Jakarta in the Twentieth Century (Routledge).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Situating Contested Notions of Decentralized Planning in the Global South Part 1: Decentralization: Contexts-Outcomes 2. Decentralization and Entrepreneurial Planning 3. Decentralization, Privatization and Countervailing Popular Pressure: South African Water Commodification and Decommodification 4. Decentralized Planning and Metropolitan Growth: Poverty and Wealth in Buenos Aires Suburbs 5. New Spaces New Contests: Appropriating Decentralization for Political Change in Bolivia Part 2: The Challenges of Fiscal and Administrative Decentralization 6. The Evolution of Subnational Development Planning Under Decentralization Reforms in Kenya and Uganda 7. Decentralization in Vietnam’s Water Sector: Community Level Privatization in the Mekong Delta 8. Decentralization and Local Democracy in Chile: Two Active Communities and Two Models of Local Governance Part 3: The Role of Non-State Participants in Decentralization 9. Community-Driven Devlopment and Elite Capture: Microcredit and Community Board Participation in Indonesia 10. University-Community Partnership: Institutionalizing Empowered and Participatory Planning in Indonesia 11. En(gendering) Effective Decentralization, the Experience of Women in Panchayati Raj in India 12. Decentralization and Social Capital in Urban Thailand 13. Decentralization and the Struggle for Participation in Local Politics and Planning: Lessons from Naga City, the Philippines 14. Conclusion: Making Sense of Decentralized Planning in the Global South