An Introduction to Community Development

✍ Scribed by Rhonda Phillips, Robert H. Pittman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 392
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Comprehensive and practical, this textbook enables students to connect academic study and professional know-how, and demonstrates how to best plan the rebuilding, revitalization and development of communities utilizing a wide variety of economic and strategic tools. Features include; chapter outlines, text boxes, key words and references. 

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 12
Tables......Page 14
Boxes......Page 16
Contributors......Page 18
Acknowledgments......Page 24
Editors’ introduction......Page 26
PART I Foundations......Page 30
1 A framework for community and economic development......Page 32
2 Seven theories for seven community developers......Page 49
3 Asset-based community development......Page 67
4 Social capital and community building......Page 78
5 Community development practice......Page 87
PART II Preparation and planning......Page 104
6 Community visioning and strategic planning......Page 106
7 Establishing community-based organizations......Page 133
8 Developing community leadership skills......Page 148
9 Community development assessments......Page 162
10 Community asset mapping and surveys......Page 184
11 Assessing your local economy: Industry composition and economic impact analysis......Page 195
PART III Programming techniques and strategies......Page 210
12 Workforce training for the twenty-first century......Page 212
13 Marketing the community......Page 226
14 Retaining and expanding existing businesses in the community......Page 239
15 Entrepreneurship as a community development strategy......Page 249
16 Tourism-based development......Page 265
17 Housing and community planning......Page 278
18 Neighborhood planning for community development and renewal......Page 295
19 Measuring progress Measuring progress: Community indicators, best practices, and benchmarking......Page 313
PART IV Issues impacting community development......Page 326
20 Community development finance......Page 328
21 Securing grants for community development projects......Page 342
22 The global economy and community development......Page 353
23 Sustainability in community development......Page 368
24 Conclusions and observations on the future of community development......Page 381
Index......Page 384