Beginning with the foundations of community development, "An Introduction to Community Development" offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors own teaching, and through the training they provide for practicing planners, it enables students to begin making connections between academic study and practical know-how from both private and public sector contexts. "
An Introduction to Community Development "shows how planners can utilize local economic interests and integrate finance and marketing considerations into their strategy....
Beginning with the foundations of community development, "An Introduction to Community Development" offers a comprehensive and practical approach t...
This Brief provides perspectives on bringing together elements of learning and community approaches for promoting overall wellbeing. Drawing on experiences of authors from across Asia, Europe, and North America, cases are presented to illustrate both policy and application of adult learning, child wellbeing, community integration and learning, as well as intergenerational cooperation. Starting with foundational concepts of community wellbeing and community learning, the briefs provides an exploration of constructs and ideas for exploring application. The remaining chapters detail cases of...
This Brief provides perspectives on bringing together elements of learning and community approaches for promoting overall wellbeing. Drawing on experi...
Community development refers to planned efforts aimed at producing assets to increase the ability and capacity of inhabitants to enhance quality of life. There are many types of assets recognized in community development, including social, physical, human, financial and environmental. Community development can be considered both as a process of developing the ability to act collectively, and an outcome: 1) taking collective action and 2) the result of that action for improvement in a community in any or all realms.
A key feature within community development is the notion of social...
Community development refers to planned efforts aimed at producing assets to increase the ability and capacity of inhabitants to enhance quality of...
For the first time, Routledge offers two foundational community development texts combined for a discounted price.
Beginning with the foundations of community development, An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive and practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors own teaching, and through the training they provide for practicing planners and community developers, it enables students to begin making connections between academic study and practical know-how from both private and public sector contexts.
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For the first time, Routledge offers two foundational community development texts combined for a discounted price.
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development explores community development theory and practice across the world. The book provides perspectives about community development as an interactive, relevant, and sometimes contradictory way to address issues impacting the human condition. It promotes better understanding of the complexities and challenges in identifying, designing, implementing, and evaluating community development constructs, applications and interventions. This edited volume discusses how community development is conceptualized as an approach, method, or profession....
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development explores community development theory and practice across the world. The book provides per...
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, data collection, the reporting of the results, and the use of the indicators to guide policy and development.
This book describes communities that have launched their own community indicators programs. It covers the planning process, the indicators selected, d...
This book explores social factors that influence well-being, as well as the relationship between these factors. It examines individual areas of social policy from the perspective of children s well-being, gender equity, and the impact of crime and social capital. The book discusses the relationships of well-being with the provision of public services, with developing a sense of community, and dimensions of happiness in nations. Bringing together perspectives from around the globe, the book provides both theoretical and applied explorations. It links the idea of influencing social factors and...
This book explores social factors that influence well-being, as well as the relationship between these factors. It examines individual areas of social...
Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable development will find this volume particularly useful for the array of approaches presented.
Those working in the areas of public policy, community development, community and social psychology, urban and regional planning, and sustainable deve...
The seventh volume in a series on best practices in community quality of life indicators, this book presents case studies and analysis to show how community indicators projects today operate within a need to amplify the voice of disadvantaged communities. The work presented here spans North American and Australian community work.
The seventh volume in a series on best practices in community quality of life indicators, this book presents case studies and analysis to show how com...
