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Communities and Communication

Building Urban Partnerships

Author : Riley, Elizabeth and Wakely, Patrick

Publisher: Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)

Place of Publish: United Kingdom

Year: 2005

Page Numbers: 192

Acc. No: 2830

Class No: 362.5 COM

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Social Problems and Services

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

ISBN: 1-85339-598-6

This publication uses in-depth studies of the cities of Colombo, Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro, both to demonstrate he enormous challenges faced, and to reveal the existence of strong building blocks for partnerships. It discusses the debate surrounding this subject and establishes a set of principles for establishing ‘authentic partnerships’ based on trust, shared ideals and transfer of power and knowledge, to reduce urban poverty, effectively.