This practice brief suggests that community capability is a complex concept that consists of multiple dimensions, including skills and competencies, information, assets and values and orientations. These dimensions are interdependent, and may be either constraining or enabling. We consider both the benefits and challenges of enhancing community capability for informal settlement upgrading.
Cultivating Community Capability: making participation meaningful in informal settlement upgrading (2015)
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Additional Info
- Year: 2015
- Themes: Participatory Informal Settlement Upgrading
- Type: Practice Brief
- Practice Area: Urban Land
- Project: Building communities of practice to advance participatory approaches to informal settlement upgrading
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