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The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local ...
Community-driven development (CDD) is an initiative in the field of development that provides control of the development process, resources and decision making authority directly to groups in the community. The underlying assumption of CDD projects are that communities are the best judges of how their lives and livelihoods can be improved and ...
They co-authored a book in 1993, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community’s Assets, [3] which outlined their asset-based approach to community development. [4] The Community Development Program at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research established the Asset-Based Community ...
In the 1960s and 70s, there was a growing wave of critical responses to these traditional rationalist approaches. [1] Scholars criticized traditional planning methods as undemocratic and unresponsive to community needs.
The systems approach was a reaction to the issues associated with the traditional view of planning. [59] It did not understand the social and economic sides of cities, the complexity and interconnectedness of urban life, as well as lacking in flexibility. [ 59 ]
The development project, initiated by an activist external to the community involved, is a process by which problem issues in a community can be divided into stages, and this division facilitates assessment of when and to what degree a participatory approach is relevant. [3]
Community development: [46] Consensual community development efforts to improve communities through a range of strategies, usually directed by educated professionals working in government, policy, non-profit, or business organizations, is not community organizing. Community development projects increasingly include a community participation ...
Development theory is a collection of theories about how desirable change in society is best achieved. Such theories draw on a variety of social science disciplines and approaches. In this article, multiple theories are discussed, as are recent developments with regard to these theories.