Best Practices Case Books

Building the City with the People
New Trends in Community Initiatives in Co-operation with Local Government

© Habitat International Coalition (HIC), 1997

The case studies featured below are extracted from the above-mentioned book which was developed by the Governmental-Non-Governmental (GO-NGO) Project of HIC with the support of the Poverty Alleviation Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. The original book contains several valuable articles analysing global and regional trends which are not included here. Interested readers should contact:

For more information on these case studies, please contact:

Habitat International Coalition
Cordobanes 24, San José Insurgentes
C.P. 03900 Mexico City, Mexico
Tel: (525) 651 6807, Fax: (525) 593 5194
E-Mail: hic@laneta.apc.org

List of case studies by region

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Anglophone Africa

• Zambia: The Case of Bauleni Upgrading, L.C. Mulenga
• Mozambique: Tsima Ga Ku Aka (To Build Together), M. Rosario, A. Barca
• Namibia: Saamstaan Housing Cooperative in Katutura Black Township, A. Teklemariam
• Kenya: The Case of the Tanzania-Bondeni Community Lands Trust, M. Jaffer
• Ethiopia: Integrated Holistic Approach - Urban Development Project, J. Tefere, A. Wondimu
• South Africa: What are those bastards up to now?, J. Bolnick, V. Roaf, T. Bauman

West Africa

• Ivory Coast: NGO/Government Cooperation in Port-Bouet, O. Dembele
• Ivory Coast: Restructuring of precarious housing areas, G. Coulibaly
• Benin: Integral and concerted improvement of sanitary conditions, SERHAU-SEM
• Senegal: Health-Women-Environment Action in Dalifort, F. Diallo
• Mali: 2000 Cesspools for a better life together, M. Kaba

Asia

• Thailand: Urban Community Development Office, S. Boonyabancha
• Bangladesh: Grameen Bank, N. Islam, K. Ali
• Indonesia: Kampung Improvement Programme, J. Silas
• The Philippines: Naga City: an organized people and an astute mayor, D. Murphy
• India: Maharashtra Emergency Earthquake Rehabilitation Program, R. Desai, R. Mukerjee
• India: Sulabh International, S. Venkateshwaran
• Pakistan: The urban basic services program in Sukkur, Sindh Province, Prof. A. Hasan
• Japan: Settlement Development through Linking People, Y. Hatakenaka
• The Philippines: The Community Mortgage Program, F. Fernandez

Latin America

• Colombia: Technical Assistance for Housing in the Reinsertion Process, J. Lopez, O. Rojas
• Ecuador: Nets, knots and loose strings, M. Unda
• Dominican Republic: Pantojas, A Process of Negotiation and Self-Construction, F. Caceres, A. Polonio
• Mexico: Urban Management in Mexico City, G. Sandoval, L. Cruz
• Honduras: The Candelaria Housing Project, E. Murillo
• Brazil: An Experience of Popular Habitat Production in Sao Paulo, R. Oliveira
• Brazil: Communities Program, Fortaleza, Y. Cabannes, D. Canvalcanti, L. Moreira

Europe and North America

• Italy: Coralli Project: A Multicultural European Network for the Right to Housing, C. Ottolini
• The Netherlands: The Deventer community-based approach: M. Peltenburg
• Canada: The Rupert Pilot Project: M. Shapcott
• USA: Massachusetts Self-Help Groups Working to End Homelessness, P. Friedland, N. Bristel