Introduction
1. Background to the issues
2. Inadequacy of past service-delivery methods
3. Global Strategy for Shelter to the year 2000.
Community Participation as a strategy for Human settlements Developement
1. What is community participation?
2. The community decision -making concept of participation
3. Obstacles to the concept of community participation
4. Principal community actors
5. Community-based organizations
6. Women and Women's organizations
7. How they participate
Key Human Settlements Issues And The Scope For Community Participation
1. Housing Policy
2. Land
3. Construction and building materials
4. Environment and infrastructure
5. Settlements and financing
6. Squeatter Settlement upgrading
7. Sites and services schemes
Training Approaches And Methods for Community Participation
1. Bolivia
2. Sri Lanka
3. Zambia
National and Local Strategies for Community participation in Human Settlements Developement
1. Policies
2. Operational Plans
3. Accountability
4. Trianing
5. Parternships
Towards Self Reliant Communities
1. Summary and recommendations
2. Institutional approaches
3. Training Methods
4. Benefits of Community participation