*CIVIC Bangalore* * *
*cordially invites you to a Lecture by * * Prof. Tom Angotti * * on * *“Community-Based Planning and the Neo-Liberal City”* *on Tuesday, 24th March 2009 * *from 3:30 pm to 5.45 PM * *at Vishranthi Nilayam* *18, CSI Women's House* *(Diagonally opposite "The Hindu" office)* *Infantry Road, Bangalore 560001 * * * *All are welcome * **************************************** *Programme Schedule* 3.30 PM Tea 4.00 PM Welcome and introduction of speaker 4.05 PM Lecture by Prof. Tom Angotti 5.05 PM Interaction 5.45 PM Vote of thanks *********************** In this lecture, Prof. Thomas Angotti, will share with participants his experiences and work on community-based planning in New York City and elsewhere. This presentation will form the basis for dialogue with the participants. Prof. Tom Angotti will speak on the institutionalised structures and mechanisms that exist in several cities of the West to ensure people's involvement in the planning process. He will provide examples of how communities, notably of the urban poor, in some cities of the West have used these mechanisms to plan for their areas, especially in the context of neo-liberal forces forcing a particular top-down form of planning for cities. Prof. Angotti will suggest the kinds of institutions, structures and processes that will help to bring about community-based planning in the Indian context, given the often 'illegal' nature of setlements, displacements, and 'informal' modes of living that characterise it. This is also relevant in the context of the JNNURM, the growing power of corporate and real estate interests, and resulting contestations over land, resources and services. ******** Tom Angotti, is director of the Centre for Community Planning & Development (CCPD), Hunter College, City University of New York, is a Visiting Professor at NIAS from Feb 25 - March 25 under its Urban Research and Policy Programme. Prof Angotti has worked on a variety of urban issues, including community-based planning, in the US, Italy and Latin America. This is Prof. Angotti's first visit to India and he is interested in meeting with activists and scholars working on urban issues here and learning from them, and also sharing his experiences. >From 1995 to 2001 he was Professor and Chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of Metropolis 2000: Planning, Poverty and Politics (Routledge, 1993), Housing in Italy (Praeger, 1977), and many articles in professional journals. He has worked and written extensively on urban planning and community development in the United States, Latin America and Europe. He is a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome, Associate Editor for America of Planning Practice and Research, Participating Editor for Latin American Perspectives, and Editor of Planners Network. He was previously a city planner with the NYC Department of City Planning, and worked for state government in New Jersey and Massachusetts. He taught at the graduate level at SUNY, Columbia University, Harvard, and University of California at Berkeley. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Citizens' Action Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/citizens-action-forum?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
