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1	Building Sustainable Urban Communities : Can a common participatory space offer a solution? Ebeneku-Anim, Frederick, Jacobson, Ingrid, McRoberts, Margaret, Munyura, Pierre January 2005 (has links) Globalization and rapid urbanization in the developing world have been contributing greatly to a current unsustainable reality. In order to move towards a sustainable society, the strength of people working collectively as a community must be recognized and harnessed to begin making changes from the bottom up. This thesis will examine how a common participatory space has the potential to become a community hub, and to foster participatory dialogue, negotiation and decision-making within urban communities of poverty. After examining the current reality, including present development practices, this research strives to find universal elements for a common participatory space where vision building and strategic community action can flourish. This study also examines the processes needed to engage community members in the cultivation, creation and maintenance of a common participatory space. Community Development Human Rights Sustainability Principles Urbanization Participatory Governance Basic Human Needs Vision Building Backcasting Network Theory Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Övrig annan samhällsvetenskap