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SCI-275

December 1, 2009

Instructor: xxxxxxxxxx

BenefitsMore jobs than rural areas

Less pollution

Preserves rural areas

Compact development

Living conditions

Public transportation

Challenges of urbanizationCity services

Medical care

Transportation

Schools

Pollution/Environmental problems

Employment

Poverty

The U.N. Conference on Human Services

Institutionalizing Community-Based Development

Focus on unemployment, poverty, and environmental degradation

Established Neighborhood Committees (CDQs)

Improved living conditions and economic situationEnvironmental improvements to provide sanitary settings for housingBuild and operate community facilities and services

Organized a Health CDQ

The Bronx Center Project – “Don’t Move,

Improve”

A multi-discipline plan

A problem solving process

Community-based participatory planning process

Restore architecturally significant buildings

Construct new low and mid-rise residences

Develop community-based health and human services facilities

Rehabilitate existing and develop new educational and cultural institutions

Improve transportation and create new open space and recreational facilities

Create jobs and job training programs

References

MOST Clearing House. (n.d.). Institutionalizing Community-Based Development. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.unesco.org/most: http://www.unesco.org/most/africa17.htm

MOST Clearing House. (n.d.). The Bronx Center Project - "Don't Move, Improve". Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://www.unesco.org/most: http://www.unesco.org/most/usa1.htm

Unknown Author. (1996, June 5). TWELVE AWARDS PRESENTED FOR `BEST PRACTICES' BY SECRETARY-GENERAL. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from www.un.org: http://www.un.org/news/Press/docs/1996/19960605.hab123.html