Tools provide a resource for understanding how to carry out and perform actions. They are categorized according to the steps in project implementation. Summaries of the tool are followed by a detailed description, when available.
You can view the tools topics by clicking on the green squares in the index below.
Included are several excerpts: one is a an example of mapping with the community, another proposes simple but effective Tips for surveying in the often confusing, high density squatter areas, and the last are some cautions for understanding survey data.
A 1-page summary of why a project is carried out, what the project is expected to achieve, how it will achieve the results, which factors are crucial and a sense of what it will cost. Several variations exist. Included is an example from a project by the GTZ.
Interactive Community Planning
Included is an overview of four main types, a more detailed description of each of the main types, and a detailed, step-by-step example from South Africa of how to carry out an interactive workshop.
Interactive Dwelling Design
Setting Standards
Regularization of Land: Land Sharing
Included are several summaries of articles dealing with ways of carrying out land readjustment. One details an example on reblocking together with the community. A second deals with Land Sharing where the slum dwellers meet with the land owner and agree on a reorganization, and a third deals with Land Pooling.
Alternative Tenure Arrangements
Cost-benefit Analysis
Assessing Staff and Institutional Capacity
Affordability and Willingness to Pay/Willing to Access
Aleppo Case Example
This workshop is an example of a rapid, field-based, action-oriented training workshop.
Setting Up a System for Monitoring and Evaluating Program Implementation
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Reference for Administrators, Policy-makers, Decision-makers, Technical Staff and Practitioners
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Organizations Who Can Help?
Contains a brief description of key agencies that are involved in upgrading. Each agency includes mailing address and web site URL. Organizations are grouped according to their contribution: 1) those that provide technical assistance, 2) those that provide technical assistance and funding, and 3) those that provide only funding.
Information is provided at two levels: 1) A Basic Format to rapidly capture the example, and 2) The Standard Format with full information.
Web Sites Resources on the Web
Contains a listing of key web sites that offer information on upgrading. There are three major areas:
Contains a listing of key books and reports and their Table of Contents. References may be accessed in three ways by topic, title, and when using "search", by author or title.
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