This practice brief argues that inclusive cities can only be built through processes that draw on the experiences and expertise of local communities. It shows that community-based planning offers key principles and methods that are useful for formulating upgrading interventions that are grounded in community participation and that promote the co-construction of inclusive, just and sustainable urban living environments.

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  • Year 2014
  • 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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