TOWARDS ENHANCING VALUES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FOR ACTIVATING PARTICIPATORY PLANNING | ||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||
| Article 18, Volume 39, No 5, September and October 2011, Pages 1213-1238 PDF (323.86 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2011.129398 | ||
| Author | ||
| Noha Ahmed Nabil | ||
| Associate Professor at Architecture Department, Helwan University, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Urban management in Egypt faces several challenges in view of globalization and agreements of trade and sustainability concepts so it was necessary for urban management to keep pace of era requirements and challenges and fulfils its needs. Several concepts appeared that are related to progress in urban management such as partnership, time management, transparency, accountability and other concepts that began to intervene space of application in communities and projects. Concept of Participatory Planning is one from these concepts which became used concepts in our several national projects. Transparency and accountability are considered two main ingredients of urban management that forms a preceding condition of sustainability development achievement conditions. They are two correlated concepts that enhance each other, accountability can't be found in absence of transparency, if there is no accountability, transparency won't have any value. So this research paper aims at finding methodological steps for enhancing accountability and transparency in urban planning projects for activating Participatory Planning. Research plan depends on 4 main axes (aspects): The first axis: identifying concepts of transparency and accountability and the requirements and indicators of applying them. The second axis: identifying concept of Participatory Planning and the requirements of applying it to find role of transparency and accountability in activating Participatory Planning. The third axis: conducting a questionnaire for measuring indicators of transparency and accountability in a number of Participatory Planning projects in slum. The fourth axis: finding methodological steps for enhancing values of transparency and accountability of Participatory Planning projects of slum. All development partners should follow steps that enhance values of transparency and accountability, setting defined plans to fulfill these values in participatory planning projects in slum, activating as well these projects’ performance and role to acquire them credibility of population. | ||
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