Cooperatives, Control or Compromise? The Changing Role of Participation in Norwegian Housing

What does it mean to participate? Participation used to be an ideological pursuit, conducted for the greater good of society; today, however, the motives and intentions behind it are not so straightforward. This paper presents examples of community participation in Norwegian housing, through which...

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Main Author: Eli Hatleskog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2013-06-01
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Online Access:https://ojs-libaccp.tudelft.nl/index.php/footprint/article/view/772
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description What does it mean to participate? Participation used to be an ideological pursuit, conducted for the greater good of society; today, however, the motives and intentions behind it are not so straightforward. This paper presents examples of community participation in Norwegian housing, through which early egalitarian impulses can be seen to clash with the more recent intentions of private developers and a public desire for detached family homes. The situation is, however, changing: desirable development land is running out as the Norwegian population grows – surely we must participate again, but with whom and to what end?
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title Cooperatives, Control or Compromise? The Changing Role of Participation in Norwegian Housing
title_full Cooperatives, Control or Compromise? The Changing Role of Participation in Norwegian Housing
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title_short Cooperatives, Control or Compromise? The Changing Role of Participation in Norwegian Housing
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