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The United Nations defines community development broadly as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] and the International Association for Community Development defines it as both a practice based profession and an academic discipline.
Community development is a process where people come together to take action on what's important to them. At its heart, community development is rooted in the belief that all people should have access to health, wellbeing, wealth, justice and opportunity.
Community development considers community members to be experts in their lives and communities, and values community knowledge and wisdom. Community development programs are led by community members at every stage – from deciding on issues to selecting and implementing actions, and evaluation.
1 Ιουν 2013 · The theoretical dimensions of Community Development (CD) have been translated into practice all over the world to promote tangible development in deprived communities since the 1950s. In...
“Community development can be understood as a planned effort to build assets that increase the capacity of residents to improve their quality of life. These assets may include several forms of community capital: physical, human, social, financial, environmental, political, and cultural.” – Green, G. and Haines, A. (2008). Asset Building ...
28 Ιαν 2016 · 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.
22 Μαΐ 2024 · Our wide definition of community development includes intentional collective actions to improve social, economic, physical, and environmental well-being, while preserving valuable aspects of the culture of a particular geographic area.
17 Απρ 2021 · 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.
25 Οκτ 2024 · Definition: Community development is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes participative democracy, sustainable development, rights, equality, economic opportunity and social justice, through the organization, education and empowerment of people within their communities, whether these be of locality, identity or ...
Community development coordinates a set of strategies chosen by leaders within the neighborhood. These strategies are derived from locally-driven planning in partnership with city government, and aimed at building neighborhood power, social cohesion, physical amenities and great services.
