District Development

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This paper examines how several challenges face district development planners today and how issues of democracy and decentralization have made district planning much more complicated and challenging than the case was in the past. It looks at how communities today expect their power and participation levels to be fully concomitant with their ideals of democracy and empowerment as provided by the Constitution. It also discusses how issues relating to the nature of each specific community need to be taken into account for optimal planning. The most important element of district planning is community participation. Only in involving as much as possible of the community, can effective ideas come forward in setting community goals and targeted achievement.

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"J. Norman Reid for example emphasizes the need for community participation in his focus for effective development and planning. According to Mr. Reid, active community participation is beneficial in several respects. This aspect for example results in greater community empowerment. This in turn creates a better economy for that community in that a participating community tends to apply for an receive more funding than a non-participating one. Thirdly, citizen satisfaction within a participating community is greater, as the sense and evidence of accomplishment can be appreciated by all participating parties."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Nota Bene. "The Ebb and Flow of Community Participation". University of Baltimore, 2001. http://law.ubalt.edu/notabene/ebbflow.html
• Reid, Norman J. "How People Power Brings Sustainable Benefits to Communities". USDA Rural Development. June 2000. http://www.ezec.gov/Pubs/commparticrept.pdf
• Smith, B.C. "Participation without power: Subterfuge or development?" Oxford University Press, 1998. http://cdj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/33/3/197.pdf
• US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. "Consolidated Planning". 2007. http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/index.cfm

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