Community Development Goals And Policies

Author : R. Warren Flint
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461450993

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Practice of Sustainable Community Development by R. Warren Flint Pdf

Ordinary people, community leaders, and even organizations and corporations still do not fully comprehend the interconnected, “big picture” dynamics of sustainability theory and action. In exploring means to become more sustainable, individuals and groups need a reference in which to frame discussions so they will be relevant, educational, and successful when implemented. This book puts ideas on sustainable communities into a conceptual framework that will promote striking, transformational effects on decision-making. In this book practitioners and community leaders will find effective, comprehensive tools and resources at their finger-tips to facilitate sustainable community development (SCD). The book content examines a diverse range of SCD methods; assessing community needs and resources; creating community visions; promoting stakeholder interest and participation; analyzing community problems; designing and facilitating strategic planning; carrying out interventions to improve

Author : Robert P. C. Joseph,Cynthia F. Joseph
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123342557

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Working Effectively with Aboriginal Peoples by Robert P. C. Joseph,Cynthia F. Joseph Pdf

The changing legal, political and economic landscape of Aboriginal Peoples represent some of the biggest change, challenges, risks and exciting opportunities for individuals and organizations today. Whether you're just starting out or want to increase your knowledge, this book is written to help individuals and organizations to work more effectively with Aboriginal peoples. The information in this book has been field tested with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and will help readers get beyond background information and aboriginal awareness and into understanding and guidance that can be applied in innovative ways wherever you find Aboriginal peoples.

Author : Andreas Achatz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783640876181

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Community Development. A people centered initiative to achieve sustainability by Andreas Achatz Pdf

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Sociology - Methodology and Methods, grade: Sehr Gut, Management Center Innsbruck (Non Profit- social- and healthcare management), language: English, abstract: As communities around the world are struggling to cope with the changing social, economical and environmental structures, the demand for participation in the planning of policies is raising. Changes in economy, health and agriculture are influencing households, community relations and their livelihoods. Health will be highlighted as major resource for the development of a household and a community. Through the research of different literature this paper reports prerequisites, strategies, principles and values to improve the well-being of local communities and the sustainability of community based initiatives. Through integrating the multisectoral dimensions of livelihoods, the paper discusses capacity building and empowerment. Therefore participation is the core principle of community development to improve the livelihoods of communities and individuals. Furthermore the paper argues participative practices which are focused on cooperative local economies, healthy convivial communities, educational equity and employment opportunities. Moreover community development provides the framework for the community to leap into modernity in its own rhythm. Findings indicate that community development and the enhancement of participation promotes the ability for critical reflection of local problems and their capabilities to react on it. The findings also shed some light into social, environmental and economical capital to provide a sustainable setting for a healthy community. Community development is committed to social and environmental justice and its vision is a peaceful, just and sustainable world.

Author : Rhonda G. Phillips,Terry Besser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134905751

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Community Economic Development by Rhonda G. Phillips,Terry Besser Pdf

The role of economic development in communities is multi-faceted, having an array of antecedents, impacts, and implications. This volume explores the relationships between economic development and community development, focusing on the aspects that impact communities such as social capital, participation, and business development. It discusses the need for aligning the goals of community betterment more closely with economic improvement and finding ways to enhance leadership and other resources. Including both current contributions and "classics," the evolution of the relationship between’ and roles of, the two kinds of development is explored. The articles in the volume present several theoretical perspectives of development. Most common among them are sustainable economic development and social capital theories. Utilizing these theories and data from various sources, the authors are able to suggest specific development strategies for improving community economic and quality of life outcomes. The volume offers an exploration of directions for future research, including the need for more theoretical and empirical work on the role of amenity development on rural community economic and quality-of- life outcomes. Practitioners of community and economic development, along with researchers and students will find this volume useful and relevant for both theory and application. This book is a compilation of articles published in the Journal of the Community Development Society.

Author : Norman Walzer,Rhonda Phillips,Robert Blair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000208733

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50 Years of Community Development Vol II by Norman Walzer,Rhonda Phillips,Robert Blair Pdf

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter, Community Development, the editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development. The evolution of community development as an area of scholarship and application, and the subsequent founding of the discipline, is vital to capture. At the 50-year mark, it is particularly relevant to revisit issues that reoccur throughout the last five decades and look at approaches to addressing them. These include issues and themes around equity and inclusion, collective impact, leadership and policy development, as well as resilience and sustainability. Community change over time has much to teach us, and this set will provide a foundation for fostering understanding of the history of community development and its focus on community change. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Community Development.

Author : L. Jan Slikkerveer,George Baourakis,Kurniawan Saefullah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030054236

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Integrated Community-Managed Development by L. Jan Slikkerveer,George Baourakis,Kurniawan Saefullah Pdf

This book provides an overview of recent advances in Integrated Community-Managed Development (ICMD) as an innovative strategy for the community-based development of local institutions in order to achieve lasting poverty reduction and empowerment. The original approach presented here to improving the lives and livelihoods of the poor takes a critical stance on the failing concept of conventional community development, as it is based on the shifting paradigm of 'bottom-up' cooperation and development, where recent regional autonomy policies are enabling national services to successfully integrate with local institutions at the community level. Based on recent experiences in South-East Asia, where the implementation of an alternative approach to integrating financial, medical, educational, communication and socio-cultural services has led to increased community participation and impressive poverty reduction, the book highlights the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this innovative strategy. The potential offered by applying the newly developed 'ICMD formula' worldwide as a function of themes, principles and services is reflected in the book’s diverse range of contributions, written by respected researchers and practitioners in the fields of development economics and financial management.

Author : Sherri Torjman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Communities
ISBN : IND:30000117423669

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Shared Space by Sherri Torjman Pdf

This book seeks to capture the essence of the profound changes taking place in communities across the country and around the world. Community interventions to promote economic and social well-being are not new. What is new is the way in which communities are organizing themselves both strategically and comprehensively to achieve their goals. The communities agenda consists of three key parts: their vision and associated goals, the methods they employ to attain these objectives and the actions they take to create a supportive context for their work. Despite their differences, communities throughout the country are linked by a common agenda. They seek to promote resilience by building their capacity and strengths. Resilience is a function of interventions carried out in four independent but related clusters of activity - around sustenance, adaptation, engagement and opportunity. Strategic methodology involves joining up local efforts through collaborative relationships within and between resilience cluster. many communities are also partnering with governments in an effort to change policies that affect economic and social well-being. Finally, communities are working with employers, funders and all orders of government to create an enabling environment that is more supportive of complex and comprehensive local efforts. This book includes many illustrations of exemplary practice from communities from across the country. Taken together, these examples speak to the possible and to the hope for a better future - which itself comprises the core of resilience.

Author : Ashley E. Nickels,Jason D. Rivera
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351396530

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Community Development and Public Administration Theory by Ashley E. Nickels,Jason D. Rivera Pdf

The concept of community development is often misunderstood, holding different meanings across different academic disciplines. Moreover, the concept of community development has been historically abstracted, not only in the way the concept has been conceptualized in academic studies, but also by the way in which practitioners use the term in the vernacular. Departing from traditional definitions of community development, this volume applies the New Public Service (NPS) perspective of Public Administration to community development to illustrate how public administrators and public managers can engage in community development planning and implementation that results in more equitable and sustainable long-term outcomes. This book will be of interest to practitioners and researchers in public administration/management, public administration theory, community development, economic development, urban sociology, urban politics, and urban planning.

Author : Margaret S Sherraden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135024215

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Community Economic Development and Social Work by Margaret S Sherraden Pdf

In Community Economic Development and Social Work, you’ll find innovative theoretical approaches to the newly emerging field of community economic development (CED). You’ll see how community leaders, residents, community organizations, social workers, city planners, local business owners, bankers, and/or investors can come together to promote successful CED. Community economic development (CED) is a strategy that addresses social and economic development goals, creates jobs, builds assets, and strengthens the social fabric of communities. In Community Economic Development and Social Work, you’ll learn how to promote community-based organizations that involve residents in articulating goals, policies, and operations and moves them beyond poverty. You’ll also gain valuable insight into: methods of evaluating a variety of CED initiatives in different geographical areas microenterprise development and the experiences of low-income entrepreneurs, including examples from Bangladesh and India and in immigrant and low-income communities in the United States home ownership as a key CED strategy in low-income neighborhoods environmental issues and sustainable CED healthcare and CED--entrepreneurial opportunities and job creation organizations, such as Community Development Corporations, that promote CED practicing CED in marginalized communities strategies for creating jobs, developing structures for savings and investment, creating access to credit, promoting land trusts, financing community infrastructure improvements, providing training and technical assistance, and developing social services Contributors to this groundbreaking volume include internationally known scholars and practitioners who examine community economic development initiatives from a variety of perspectives and locales--CED is one of the few areas of applied social science where diffusion regularly occurs from “less developed” to “developed” countries. The variety of models and case studies in Community Economic Development and Social Work gives you practical ideas for effective economic development--development that empowers residents to break the cycle of poverty and offers hope and opportunity for the future--in low-income and minority communities.

Author : Manohar S. Pawar,David R. Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136938313

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Social Development by Manohar S. Pawar,David R. Cox Pdf

This edited collection demonstrates that the ideas inherent in social development are practical and not utopian. By discussing and delineating a social development approach, the book argues the need for practicing it at local or grassroots-level communities to promote universal social justice and wellbeing. Towards this end, several leading scholars have presented critical and inspiring thoughts on the significance and usefulness in development of genuine participation of people, bottom-up strategies, self-reliance, capacity building, and egalitarian and empowering partnerships. They also delve into hitherto neglected aspects of social development related to preparing personnel for social development work, ethical imperatives and a new social development paradigm. The world’s contemporary problems persist in part because the social development approach in its comprehensive form has not been planned and implemented at local, national and global levels. Social Development presents the optimistic argument that the application of social development ideas can help create a world in which almost all people’s wellbeing can be significantly enhanced.

Author : Meade, Rosie,Shaw, Mae
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447340508

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Arts, Culture and Community Development by Meade, Rosie,Shaw, Mae Pdf

Drawing on international examples, this book interrogates the relationship between the arts, culture and community development. Contributors from six continents, reimagine community development as they consider how aesthetic arts contribute to processes of peacebuilding, youth empowerment, participatory planning and environmental regeneration.

Author : OECD,United Nations Human Settlements Programme,United Nations Office for Project Services
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264779501

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Global State of National Urban Policy 2021 Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Delivering Climate Action by OECD,United Nations Human Settlements Programme,United Nations Office for Project Services Pdf

National Urban Policy (NUP) is a key instrument to achieve sustainable urban development in a shared responsibility across countries, regions and cities. The scale and urgency of the current urban challenges has given prominence to NUPs. The COVID-19 crisis has amplified the potential of NUPs in shaping more resilient, green and inclusive cities as part of countries recovery packages.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1820 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019581813

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Federal Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Oceanography...91-1 and 2, on S. 2841, S.2802 by United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oceanography
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Marine resources conservation
ISBN : MINN:31951P00944307I

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Federal Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oceanography Pdf

Author : David B. Abraham,Seema D. Iyer
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030591731

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Promoting the Sustainable Development Goals in North American Cities by David B. Abraham,Seema D. Iyer Pdf

This volume presents North American best practices and perspectives on developing, managing and monitoring indicators to track development progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in local communities and cities. In 4 main sections, the book presents and frames the many ways in which community indicator programs are either integrating or retooling to integrate the SDGs into their existing frameworks, or how they are developing new programs to track and report progress on the SDGs. This is the first volume that focuses on SDG adoption within the context of North Americans cities and communities, and the unique issues and opportunities prevalent in these settings. The chapters are developed by experienced academics and practitioners of community planning and sustainable development, and will add broad perspective on public policy, organizational management, information management and data visualization. This volume presents a case-study approach to chapters, offering lessons that can be used by three main audiences: 1) teachers and researchers in areas of urban, regional, and environmental planning, urban development, and public policy; 2) professional planners, decision-makers, and urban managers; and 3) sustainability activists and interested groups.