Cities today grow within a predesigned urban scheme that ignore sociological and communal interaction. Beirut is no exception, especially in the post-war era of foreign investment, encouraging individualistic living. ...
Community development places the improvement of human capacities at the center of its objectives and processes. This approach highlights the importance of elev ating the role of people in enhancing the quality of their own ...
The generation and mobilization of social capital plays a significant role in the process of building community disaster resilience. This thesis examines the literature about resilience, community resilience, social capital, ...
The complexity of the issue of neighborhood rehabilitation involves many fields of knowledge. The concern of urban rehabilitation in city planning has to be undertaken as a holistic enterprise where I see the role of the ...