Architect Nabeel Hamdi, who founded Oxford Brookes University’s masters in development practice, pioneered the idea that people, not professionals, should build communities.
His latest book, The Placemaker’s Guide To Building Community (Earthscan, £19.99), is a handbook for urban development worldwide.
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