The scale, rate, and even the nature of urban development has changed dramatically in recent times. The manifestations - rapid urbanization and the urbanization of poverty, increased social diversity, industrial restructuring, more environmentally-friendly suburbs - differ globally, but South and North share the opportunities and problems of one planet. The search for sustainable solutions for settlements crosses international boundaries. Professionals and NGOs in different places and cultures are inventing new forms of urban governance and planning. How do they do it? What practical skills are being used?

Cliff Hague has been Professor of Planning and Spatial Development at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Foreword	p. IX
Preface	p. XI
List of abbreviations and acronyms	p. XII
Acknowledgements	p. XIII
Making the Case	p. 2
Why an urbanizing world needs new approaches to settlement planning	p. 2
Cities: The engines of national and regional development	p. 2
The urbanization of poverty and its implications	p. 4
Environmental imperatives	p. 5
Pointers to sustainable settlements	p. 6
No sustainable development without sustainable urbanization	p. 6
Governance, decentralization and subsidiarity	p. 6
Adequate shelter for all	p. 7
Economic opportunity and services	p. 8
Environmental justice and environmentally sustainable cities	p. 9
Diversity and equity	p. 9
New times, new skills, new professionals	p. 10
Practices/Processes and Skills	p. 14
Analytical and cognitive skills	p. 16
Understanding the environmental dimensions of sustainable settlements	p. 16
Philippines: Use of GPS and participatory 3D models to reclaim land on Mindanao	p. 17
USA: How to make low density suburbia more sustainable, attractive and profitable	p. 18
Understanding the economic dimensions of sustainable settlements	p. 19
Europe: European spatial planning	p. 20
USA: Measuring the Informal Economy at the Neighbourhood Level	p. 21
Understanding the social dimensions	p. 23
India: Counting the invisible: the census of pavement dwellers in Mumbai	p. 24
Understanding the cultural dimensions	p. 25
UK: Black Environment Network	p. 25
Summary	p. 27
Key messages	p. 27
Communication, negotiation and inclusion	p. 28
Participate, communicate, interact	p. 28
South Africa: Debating Integrated Development Plans across a local authority	p. 29
Negotiation, mediation and conflict resolution	p. 31
Bangladesh: Negotiating water connection for the urban poor	p. 33
Malawi: Analysing problems and opportunities to determine a path to better housing for the urban poor	p. 35
Building inclusion	p. 36
UK: Building inclusion through the Planning Aid programme	p. 37
Russia: Mainstreaming gender into the local policy agenda	p. 38
Summary	p. 40
Key messages	p. 41
Being Strategic	p. 42
Strategic action is integrated action	p. 42
Sri Lanka: Post-tsunami reconstruction and rehabilitation in Galle	p. 43
The Netherlands: A strategic response to social exclusion and neighbourhood decline	p. 45
Strategy and vision	p. 46
Kenya: Participation for neighbourhood plans in Kitale	p. 47
Leadership skills and selling the vision	p. 48
Bulgaria: Leadership and vision for the scaling-up of Romani school desegregation	p. 49
Summary	p. 50
Key messages	p. 51
Management	p. 52
Managing and accounting for budgets	p. 52
India: Bridging the finance gap at the local level for effective community-led solutions in urban development	p. 53
Building and sustaining partnerships	p. 55
Bolivia: Partnering for more efficient and affordable water supply	p. 55
Change management	p. 58
Brazil: Initiating inclusive processes at city scale	p. 58
Nigeria: Dynamic Planning for an integrated development strategy in the Niger Delta	p. 60
Mozambique: Improving municipal governance in Dondo	p. 61
Institutionalizing and mainstreaming	p. 63
Thailand: Mainstreaming community-led processes for housing and urban poverty alleviation	p. 64
Summary	p. 66
Key messages	p. 67
Monitoring and learning	p. 68
Monitoring and evaluation	p. 68
Peru: The Cities for Life Forum and mainstreaming monitoring and evaluation	p. 68
Learning from and with others	p. 70
Europe: The Innovation Circle	p. 70
Shack Dwellers International: Learning through community exchange	p. 72
Learning in practice	p. 73
Ghana: Learning from rapid urban growth and reflection in Kumasi	p. 74
Being a 'reflective' practitioner	p. 75
Education and research	p. 76
Consultant	p. 77
NGO	p. 77
Summary	p. 78
Key messages	p. 78
The Way Ahead	p. 81
New places, new planning, new skills?	p. 82
Changing places, changing skills, changing planning	p. 83
Where next?	p. 84
Glossary	p. 89
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