Communicating for Development: Experience from the Urban Environment
London: ITDG (2002), 278 pp.
Contains index, bibliogr. pp. 256-269, illustrations
Series: Urban Management Series
ISBN 9781853395420 (pbk); 9781780441054 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 10-Development-E 2002
"Much research on urban development is supply-led - generated by the interests of donors and researchers in the North rather than the needs of poor households in the growing cities of the South, Communicating for Development focuses attention on the most fundamental of questions about development: how can the lessons of good practice and innovation and the results of research benefit the poor? The book offers in-depth discussion about how the communication process works - or doesn't work. It questions and challenges: who are the stakeholders; what are the best vehicles for transferring knowledge; why are local networks and intermediaries so important; what can hinder the communication process; and how may these gaps and barriers be overcome? Moreover, the book challenges traditional participatory methods of relating to the needs of poor urban communities and proposes instead the application of new communication and knowledge management methods currently used in business management." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction - Communicating for Development / Catalina Gandelsonas
2 Communicating urban research knowledge in international development cooperation / Tony Lloyd-Jones
3 Modelling demand in order to meet it: can the information and knowledge management systems of the urban poor be understood and strengthened? / Lucky Lowe
4 The hi-tech gift economy / Richard Barbrook
5 The role of communication in urban communities / Norma V. Madrid
6 Facilitating information dissemination and exchange through formal and informal networking / Otto Ruskulis
7 Cultural differences and legibility / Nabeel Hamdi, Ripin Kalra
8 Communicating desire / Robert Brown
9 Barriers and gaps in the communication process / Catalina Gandelsonas, Bill Erickson
10 Improving communication in Amazonia: examining environmental imagery of Amazonian indigenous life / Kathleen Richardson
11 Making differences: cities, NGOs and the cultural politics of development discourse / Carl O'Coill
12 Broadcast for change: a Hands On approach to the delivery of empowering information to a global audience / Janet Boston
13 National and regional Internet-based research networks: lessons from the UK and Central America / Harry Smith, Paul Jenkins
14 Electronic conferencing: the learning curve / Mansoor Ali, Darren Saywell
15 Putting over the message: a programme in Pakistan to build capacity among industrialists for pollution abatement / Rizwan Hameed, Jeremy Raemaekers
16 Keeping ideas alive: communicating building for safety in Bangladesh / Iftekhar Ahmed, Matthew Carter
17 Communication in HIV/AIDS prevention: a case study from Vietnam / Toyoko Kodama, Le Thi Minh Chau
18 Knowledge transfer in a democratic context / Pachampet Sundaram
19 Conclusions - Communicating for Development / Catalina Gandelsonas
2 Communicating urban research knowledge in international development cooperation / Tony Lloyd-Jones
3 Modelling demand in order to meet it: can the information and knowledge management systems of the urban poor be understood and strengthened? / Lucky Lowe
4 The hi-tech gift economy / Richard Barbrook
5 The role of communication in urban communities / Norma V. Madrid
6 Facilitating information dissemination and exchange through formal and informal networking / Otto Ruskulis
7 Cultural differences and legibility / Nabeel Hamdi, Ripin Kalra
8 Communicating desire / Robert Brown
9 Barriers and gaps in the communication process / Catalina Gandelsonas, Bill Erickson
10 Improving communication in Amazonia: examining environmental imagery of Amazonian indigenous life / Kathleen Richardson
11 Making differences: cities, NGOs and the cultural politics of development discourse / Carl O'Coill
12 Broadcast for change: a Hands On approach to the delivery of empowering information to a global audience / Janet Boston
13 National and regional Internet-based research networks: lessons from the UK and Central America / Harry Smith, Paul Jenkins
14 Electronic conferencing: the learning curve / Mansoor Ali, Darren Saywell
15 Putting over the message: a programme in Pakistan to build capacity among industrialists for pollution abatement / Rizwan Hameed, Jeremy Raemaekers
16 Keeping ideas alive: communicating building for safety in Bangladesh / Iftekhar Ahmed, Matthew Carter
17 Communication in HIV/AIDS prevention: a case study from Vietnam / Toyoko Kodama, Le Thi Minh Chau
18 Knowledge transfer in a democratic context / Pachampet Sundaram
19 Conclusions - Communicating for Development / Catalina Gandelsonas
