Participatory Planning in the Caribbean: Lessons from Practice

This title was first published in 2003. Until recently, planning and development in the Caribbean have been "top-down", "centre-out" and "expert-led". For a few years now, though, the region has bowed to the global trend and has experimented with participatory planning methods.

Participatory planning in the Caribbean - some key themes, Jonathan Pugh and Robert B. Potter; Participation or containment? Insights from the planning of protected areas in Belize, Roger Few; Fishing for consensus - community-based conservation and conflict in St Lucia's Soufriere marine management area, Carolyn Trist; Participatory and collaborative planning in "Special Period" Cuba, Andrea Colantonio and Robert B. Potter; Capacity building for urban poverty reduction - the Pinelands creative workshop, Barbados, Mark Pelling; A consideration of some of the sociological mechanisms shaping the adoption of participatory planning in Barbados, Jonathan Pugh; Gender relations and conflict management in inner-city communities in Jamaica - the importance of community participation, Wilma Bailey, Clement Branche and Aldrie Henry-Lee; Participatory development and indigenous communities in the Mexican Caribbean, Janet Henshall Momsen.