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Factors that Determine the Success or Failure of Community-Based Projects. The Experience of Pogolotti Havana, Cuba

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  • Ronaldo Ramírez University College London
Vol. 19 No. 50 (2004): Access to Social Housing
https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2004.62205

Abstract

The paper presents a personal and selective version of a research project in the Havana barrios just completed by an international group of urban researchers. The research examined the contributions of several factors to the success or the failure of community projects in poor urban settlements. This version examines the “origin of the projects”, as a factor that might influence the destiny of initiatives carried out in Pogolotti, a settlement characterized by poor living, particularly housing, conditions. The paper describes the difficult context in which urban processes take place in today’s Cuba. It then examines the measures adopted to stimulate the participation of the community in projects directed not only to ameliorate the material conditions in the barrios but also to express cultural and artistic values and to further the respect and solidarity amongst residents. Pogolotti was the first working class settlement built in Cuba at the start of the 20th Century. The paper presents it through its history, its people, and through a number of projects - some successful and some that failed – that show the creativity of a civil society living difficult times and how public institutions respond to critical demands.

Author Biography

Ronaldo Ramírez, University College London

Arquitecto, Sociólogo urbano. 1967 a 1974 miembro académico del Departamento Estudios y Planificación Urbana y Regional (DEPUR), Facultad Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de Chile. Desde 1974 hasta hoy miembro académico de Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London. 1980-87 Director Curso Maestría en Development Planning en DPU. 1987-99 Director Curso de Maestría en International Housing Studies en DPU. Ha ejercido docencia en países de América Latina, Europa y los Estados Unidos. Ha realizado investigaciones y consultorías urbanas en América Latina, Africa y Asia.

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Ramírez, R. (2004). Factors that Determine the Success or Failure of Community-Based Projects. The Experience of Pogolotti Havana, Cuba. Revista INVI, 19(50). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2004.62205
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