What Is Happening in Your Community? : Why Community Development Matters

Hanka, Matthew J.; Ellspermann, Sue (FRW); Engbers, Trent (CON); Harvey, Ramona (CON); Khayum, Mohammed (CON)

ISBN 10: 1498504930 / ISBN 13: 9781498504935

Published by Lexington Books, 2023

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Is Happening in Your Community? : Why Community Development Matters
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498504930
• ISBN 13: 9781498504935
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Communities are not static or stationary organisms. They are fluid and dynamic and change over time. The role of community development in the change and transformation of a community is critical to improving and enhancing the quality of life of the community and its residents. This book examines how community development changes a community and why that change matters, while also examining the relationship between community development and social capital. When a community improves its social capital, change can happen because people can leverage their networks to produce better results for themselves. This book also looks at comprehensive community development and collective impact models and several case studies that utilize these models. It also looks at how the transformation and revitalization of a neighborhood through new housing creates opportunities for people everywhere, and how effective placemaking strategies empower diverse groups of people in a community to reimagine their public spaces and the built environment to be more livable, walkable, creative, and sustainable while fostering greater connections with people in their community.

About the Author

John Hans Gilderbloom is a distinguished climate scientist at the University of Louisville and directs the Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (http://www.sunlouisville.org).