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Community Participation in Urban Sanitation

Experiences in Northeastern Brazil

Earthea Nance

Virginia Tech

Leonard Ortolano

Stanford University

This article explores how well community participation explains variations in the performance of sanitation projects in Brazilian cities. Case studies of condominial sewers in Recife and Natal, Brazil, reveal a variety of activities that we categorize into four forms of participation: mobilizing, decision making, construction, and maintenance. Mobilizing and decision making were associated with performance in the cases we examined. Our results suggest that participation form as well as community influence are important. The hypothesis that increased participation enhances performance is an oversimplification for condominial sewers.

Key Words: community participation • Brazil; Latin America • municipal and public services; sanitation • condominial sewers

Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 26, No. 3, 284-300 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X06295028
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