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The purpose of community development is understood by IACD as being to work with communities to achieve participative democracy, sustainable development, rights, economic opportunity, equality and social justice.
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 ...
Definition of Community Development: 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 ...
“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.”
Definitions of community development. The United Nations referred to community development as ‘a process designed to create conditions of economic and social progress for the whole community with its active participation’ (United Nations, 1955).
Typically, community development targets local communities beset with economic and social problems, such as concentrations of poverty, high crime rates, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, outdated infrastructure, unemployment, and a poor economy.
Community development is a dynamic and participatory approach aimed at enhancing the well-being and quality of life within a specific community. It involves engaging...
Definition of Community Development: 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 ...
Community development is a planned approach to improving the standard of living and well-being of disadvantaged populations in the United States and internationally. An overview of community development is provided.
Community development emphasizes participation, initiative and self-help by local communities but is usually sponsored by national governments as part of a national plan.