Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Community development processes and interactions entail efforts to combine and build resources to improve quality of and well-being. Oftentimes, this is in the context of responding and adapting to broader structural shifts and trends.
The community development model is a strategic approach aimed at fostering social change and improving the quality of life within a community through collective action and participation.
The purpose of community development is understood by IACD as being to work with communities to achieve participative democracy, sustainable development, rights, economic opportunity, equality and social justice.
If society needs ‘community’, and community doesn't necessarily just happen, what is needed to help bring it about? How does community work support networks and promote greater connectivity? Chapter 3 provides an overview of community development.
Community development is the process of increasing the strength and effectiveness of communities, improving peoples’ quality of life, and enabling people to participate in decision making to achieve greater long-term control over their lives. Sustainable community development programs are those that
Four overarching themes gave insight into the principles and practices of ABCD: Relationships and trust as mechanisms for change, Reciprocity and connectivity: “people not services,” Accountability and reducing dependency, and A socially sustainable model.
No worries and no pressure! Community developers are always learning from their community, and from each other. We want to help you get started as you think about sustainable development. Here’s 12 common community development approaches we’ve seen here at the Lupton Center. You can see a visual representation of these approaches here.
The key concepts and principles of community development are discussed, including empowerment, participation, social justice, asset-based approach, sustainable development, collaboration,...
The objectives of community development include economic development and community empowerment, based on principles of community participation, self-help, integration, community organizing, and capacity building. Community building and asset-based approaches are recent trends and innovations.
Community development issues. Introduction. This chapter discusses the concept and changing nature of communities; community development agents, approaches, and activities; and some key challenges encountered in community development work.