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Designing by Community Participation: Meeting the Challenges of the Palestinian Refugee Camps

Saleh, Shadi Y.

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2009, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).

Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria are the result of the sudden population displacements of 1948 and 1967. After 60 years, unorganized urban growth compounds the situation. The absence of state support pushed the refugees to take matters into their own hands. Currently the camps have problems stemming from both the social situation and the degradation of the built environment.

Keeping the refugee camps in order to “represent” a nation in exile does not mean to me that there should be no development. The thesis seeks to make a contribution in solving the social and environmental problems in a way that emphasizes the Right of Return.

The needed services will be offered in community centers scattered around the camp. These centers will use the human potential of the refugees through participatory design.

As a young Palestinian refugee architect I seek realistic proposals in addressing this problem, although, if it were possible, I would like to eradicate the entire situation. This thesis is a starting point for a life-long project. Complete devotion to this topic is a self-commitment.

Elizabeth Riorden (Committee Chair)
Thomas Bible (Committee Member)
87 p.

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  • Saleh, S. Y. (2009). Designing by Community Participation: Meeting the Challenges of the Palestinian Refugee Camps [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242938947

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Saleh, Shadi. Designing by Community Participation: Meeting the Challenges of the Palestinian Refugee Camps. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242938947.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Saleh, Shadi. "Designing by Community Participation: Meeting the Challenges of the Palestinian Refugee Camps." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242938947

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)