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Print Price: $94.99

Format:
Paperback
144 pp.
152 mm x 224 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190616205

Copyright Year:
2009

Imprint: OUP US


Effective Community Participation in Coastal Development

Golam M. Mathbor

Series : Lyceum

Community participation and local commitment are crucial for effective coastal development projects. This book carefully examines and offers a model of community participation that incorporates both program officials and local people's perspectives on coastal development. Mathbor's work is unique in that it is informed by the experience of international development, as well as by the context and perspective of the developing world.

Readership : Graduate and undergraduate students in social work, social welfare, human services, and related fields.

About the Author
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Understanding Community Participation
3. The Method
4. The Context
5. Similarities and Differences in Coastal Community Participation
6. A Typology of Community Participation
7. Conclusion
Afterword
Appendices
References
Index

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Golam M. Mathbor (LLB, University of Dhaka; MSW, McGill University; PhD, University of Calgary) is associate dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and associate professor in the Department of Social Work at Monmouth University. He grew up in the coastal regions of Bangladesh. Professor Mathbor has published on disaster relief, community preparedness, social development, coastal zone management, migration, health, economics, and international social work education.

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Special Features

  • Utilizes qualitative methods and the grounded theory approach to capture the individual experience of community participation.
  • Shares a facilitative model for coastal development projects that emphasizes both "bottom up" and "top down" approaches.
  • Ties the theory and philosophy behind community participation to a practical model and real-world case studies.