Grand Challenges and Research | Urban Studies & Planning

Research Team Narrative

Community Mobilzation and Empowerment

Academic Year

2009-2010

Overview

This Student-Mentor Research Team focuses on the mobilization of civil society (community groups) in grassroots efforts to build build healthy neighborhoods of choice and opportunity throughout San Diego. 

Student Leader

• Roberta Lee

Students

• Jennifer Tran
• Roberta Lee
• Thao Nguyen
• Lanvy Nguyen
• Eunice Yuk
• Cynthia Centeno
• Adam Gage

Mentors

• Mirle Bussell

Key Terms

community, empowerment, civil society

References

Fainstein, Susan. 2005. “Planning Theory and the City.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 25:121-130.
De Souza Briggs, Xavier N. 2008. Democracy as problem solving : civic capacity in communities across the globe. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Friedmann, John. 1992. Empowerment : the politics of alternative development. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
Gottlieb, Robert. 2007. Reinventing Los Angeles : nature and community in the global city. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Srinivasan, S., L. R. O’Fallon, and A. Dearry. 2003. “Creating healthy communities, healthy homes, healthy people: initiating a research agenda on the built environment and public health.” Am J Public Health 93:1446-50.

Links

• http://www.onlinecpi.org/
• http://www.laane.org/
• http://www.seniorsequence.net/index.php/aoc/grand_challenge/equitable_redevelopment_and_public_policy

Multimedia Links

• http://www.scivee.tv/node/6035

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