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100			_aBoonyabancha, Somsook
245			_aThe urban community environmental activities project and its environmental fund in Thailand
260			_c1998
300			_ap.101-15
362			_aApr
520			_aThis paper describes the work of an environment fund set up to support community initiated and managed projects within low-income settlements in urban areas throughout Thailand. Drawing on a grant of US $1.3 million, over a two-year period, the fund has supported 196 projects benefiting 41,000 families. Although managed by a Thai government agency (the Urban Community Development Office) and with funds from the Danish government agency, DANCED, the fund has allowed low-income communities to develop their own projects and manage their implementation. It also encouraged inter-community exchanges and, more generally, a strengthening of the capacity of low-income communities to work together and negotiate and work with external agencies. - Reproduced
650			_aEnvironmental management - Thailand
650			_aEnvironmental management
773			_aEnvironment and Urbanization
909			_a40884
999			_c40884 _d40884