Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh

Community-based studies are a central feature of current development and clim ate change research and planning in developing countries. In this chapter we reflect upon our engagement with place-based communities over two decades in rural Bangladesh. We draw upon several encounters with local com...

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Main Authors: Rahman, M., Pokrant, Bob
Other Authors: Reena Tiwari
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer 2014
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Online Access:http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/135/chp%253A10.1007%252F978-981-4585-11-8_13.pdf?auth66=1425599976_560d7bb3741e2a164bc5b7f919bb6920&ext=.pdf
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description Community-based studies are a central feature of current development and clim ate change research and planning in developing countries. In this chapter we reflect upon our engagement with place-based communities over two decades in rural Bangladesh. We draw upon several encounters with local communities to illustrate the relationship between communities of practice and of place; com- plexities of putting what local people say and do at the centre of project work; the relationship of policy to practice; the difficulties of balancing immediate gains with longer term sustainability; and the need to locate place-based communities within wider ecological, economic and political networks of activity and influence to ensure more effective planning.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-626292023-02-27T07:34:27Z Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh Rahman, M. Pokrant, Bob Reena Tiwari Marina Lommerse Dianne Smith Community Sustainable livelihoods Planning Climate change Adaptation Bangladesh Community-based studies are a central feature of current development and clim ate change research and planning in developing countries. In this chapter we reflect upon our engagement with place-based communities over two decades in rural Bangladesh. We draw upon several encounters with local communities to illustrate the relationship between communities of practice and of place; com- plexities of putting what local people say and do at the centre of project work; the relationship of policy to practice; the difficulties of balancing immediate gains with longer term sustainability; and the need to locate place-based communities within wider ecological, economic and political networks of activity and influence to ensure more effective planning. 2014 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62629 http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/135/chp%253A10.1007%252F978-981-4585-11-8_13.pdf?auth66=1425599976_560d7bb3741e2a164bc5b7f919bb6920&ext=.pdf Springer restricted
spellingShingle Community
Sustainable livelihoods
Planning
Climate change
Adaptation
Bangladesh
Rahman, M.
Pokrant, Bob
Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title_full Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title_short Reflections on Working with Communities and Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh
title_sort reflections on working with communities and community-based projects in bangladesh
topic Community
Sustainable livelihoods
Planning
Climate change
Adaptation
Bangladesh
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