Planning for informal settlement upgrading often neglects important social and economic networks established by community members. Asset-based community development is a community-driven approach to planning that builds upon the strengths and capacities of local residents in order to improve living conditions. By compiling an inventory of community assets in Monwabisi Park, we hope to inform the City of Cape Town's Informal Settlement Upgrading Programme (ISUP) for Monwabisi Park and other informal settlements in the area.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Coleman, Catherine E.
• Seed, James Patrick
• Wakeman, Juliana Marie
• Minor, Sean M.

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Community
• Computing
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121610-140540

Keyword

• Sustainable development--Environmental aspects
• Community development
• Sustainability

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2010

Center

• Cape Town, South Africa Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Violence Protection Through Urban Upgrading

Date created

• 2010-12-16

Location

• Cape Town

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright