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....

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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.