Listen to What They Say planning and community development in Puerto Rico

Marvel, Lucilla

ISBN 10: 0847701646 / ISBN 13: 9780847701643

Published by La Editorial, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Listen to What They Say planning and community development in Puerto Rico
• Publisher: La Editorial
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847701646
• ISBN 13: 9780847701643
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Listen to What They Say: Planning and Community Develpment in Puerto Rico presents a fundamental text for understanding the history of the development of social planning in Puerto Rico, as well as serving as a beacon on the work still to be done. Drawing upon her extensive experience and knowledge of the field, Lucilla Fuller Marvel provides reflections and analyses of first hand practice in planning and housing in communities throughout Puerto Rico, coupled with an ample bibliography of basic theoretical work, references about planning and develpment, and laws and policies promoted in Puerto Rico, from the 1940s until the present. This book is an essential and singular source for planners, community leaders, students and professors interested in planning, housing and community development in Puerto Rico.

About the Author

Lucilla Fuller Marvel has more than thirty-five years of experience in social and urban planning, housing and community development in Puerto Rico. She founded Taller de Planificacion Social in 1973. Fuller Marvel obtained her BA in Architectural Sciences from Harvard College and a Masters Degree in Planning from the Graduate School of Planning of the University of Puerto Rico in 1972, where she subsequently taught planning.