Removing Unfreedoms: Citizens as Agents of Change in Urban Development - Softcover

Samuels, Jane; Tibaijuka, Anna Kajumulo

9781853396069: Removing Unfreedoms: Citizens as Agents of Change in Urban Development

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853396060 ISBN 13: 9781853396069

Publisher: ITDG Publishing, 2005

* Applies the work of Amartya Sen to urban development

* Sets the agenda for new urban development policy

In this book Amartya Sen’s concept of "Development as Freedom" is applied for the first time to the challenges of urban governance across the globe.

Removing Unfreedoms reevaluates existing approaches to urban development by assessing degrees of freedom rather than relying exclusively on measuring poverty.

While early models of urbanization focussed on economic valuation, service provision, or city design, here the concern is directed toward the individual citizen’s ability to live the life he or she values. Thus, by identifying and then removing "unfreedoms," global urban strategies ensure the citizen’s role as an active agent of change.

Removing Unfreedoms documents sessions with Amartya Sen, working in collaboration with the authors and many others, and provides a shared policy framework for project design in urban development and governance programs.

This book is intended for planners, policymakers, and activists in urban development, working in universities and in international and in local development agencies.

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About the Author:

Jane Samuels is an architectural and design consultant working in the U.K. For twenty years she has lectured and facilitated innovative participation processes supporting cultural and environmental issues.

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