Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentIn recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference? This book surveys what we currently know and what we need to know about community development's past, current, and potential contributions. The authors--economists, sociologists, political scientists, and a historian--define community development broadly to include all capacity building (including social, intellectual, physical, financial, and political assets) aimed at improving the quality of life in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods. The book addresses the history of urban development strategies, the politics of resource allocation, business and workforce development, housing, community development corporations, informal social organizations, schooling, and public security. |
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All of these authors point out that neighborhood - oriented organizations can supplement network ties to outside opportunities . In addition , they can be catalysts for new investment in neighborhoods where the streets are unsafe or ...
Alliances for civic protest, participation, and network development will all remain important, but will operate more ... If he is right, well-run alliances to supplement the social networks that help residents prepare for work and link ...
... a small piece of a This chapter and others by the authors build on a previous paper, "Change and Sustainability in Community Support Systems," prepared for a conference of the National Community Development Policy Analysis Network ...
Level zero (as in ground level or grassroots) comprises residents as individuals and households, their networks of informal social ties in housing develop- 5. This third issue, in particular, is addressed in more detail in the final ...
... bridge, excursion clubs) Parent-teacher organizations Families (nuclear and extended) Informal network ties (among neighbors, coworkers) Single-purpose problem-solving groups (groups that organize to shut down a drug house and so ...