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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They devoted their best efforts to the project and remained in good cheer through several rounds of revision . In addition , there are people among the funders who warrant special thanks . Aida Rodriguez of the Rockefeller Foundation ...
conference and general administrative support for the project . Linda Gianessi of Brookings and Kathy Jervey of Harvard helped keep the finances straight . Henry Aaron and Bob Litan , as directors of the Brookings Economic Studies ...
... Corporation in the late 1960s , community development as a named movement has been organized almost entirely around CDCs , with brick and mortar projects and business development as what distinguish development from services .
What writers usually mean by this is that it is not restricted to a particular class of projects , such as housing . Finally , definitions emphasize that community building focuses not only or not even primarily on problems .
that professionalization may help account for CDCs ' recent growth ( because of concern for grassroots participation in planning and local projects but , interestingly , not protest ) . Some believe that a parallel resurgence in ...