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Informationen zum Autor Gary Paul Green is a professor in the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a community development specialist in the Center for Community & Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Green’s teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of community and economic development. In addition to his work in the U.S., he has been involved in community and economic development research and teaching in China, New Zealand, South Korea, Uganda, and Ukraine. Anna L. Haines , Ph.D. is a professor in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and a land use and community development specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Haines received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Her research and teaching focuses on planning and community development from a natural resources or environmental perspective. Her research has focused on evaluating community planning and zoning in terms of smart growth and sustainability, land parcelization, and local food systems. Her extension work has focused on comprehensive planning and planning implementation tools and techniques, sustainable communities, and property rights issues. Klappentext A comprehensive approach focused on sustainable change Asset Building and Community Development, Fourth Edition examines the promise and limits of community development by showing students and practitioners how asset-based developments can improve the sustainability and quality of life. Authors Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, and comprehensive approach to asset building by focusing on the role of different forms of community capital in the development process. Updated throughout, this edition explores how communities are building on their key assets-physical, human, social, financial, environmental, political, and cultural capital- to generate positive change. With a focus on community outcomes, the authors illustrate how development controlled by community-based organizations provides a better match between assets and the needs of the community. This engaging, thought-provoking, and comprehensive text examines the promise and limits of community development by showing students and practitioners how asset-based developments can improve the sustainability and quality of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Role of Assets in Community-Based Development Whither Community? Growth Versus Development People Versus Place Capacity Building Community Sustainability The Challenge of Regionalism Asset Building Public Participation The Role of Community-Based Organizations Models of Community Development Summary and Conclusions Chapter 2: A History of Community Development in America The Evolution of Community Development Recurring Issues in Community Development Summary and Conclusions Chapter 3: Community Sustainability What Is Community Sustainability? Why Sustainability? The History of Sustainability Approaches to Sustainability Summary and Conclusions Chapter 4: The Community Development Process Community Organizing Public Participation Planning Models, Techniques, and Process Steps Summary and Conclusions Chapter 5: The Role of Community-Based Organizations Community Development Corporations Local Development Corporations Neighborhood Associations Community Youth Organizations Faith-Based Organizations Community Foundations International Nongovernmental Organizations Summary and Conclusions Chapter 6: Human Capital Workforce Development Issues Key Concepts and Debates CBOs and Workforce Deve...
