Urban Problems and Community DevelopmentRonald F. Ferguson, William T. Dickens Brookings Institution Press, 01/01/2011 - 642 من الصفحات In 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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... relationships . Community development produces assets that improve the quality of life for neighborhood residents . Although ownership and control of these assets might be preferred , increasing ac- cess is also important because it too ...
... relationships feasible and productive ; financial capital ( in standard forms ) ; and political capital , which provides the ca- pacity to exert political influence . An entity's political capital comprises those aspects of its physical ...
... relationships with suburban employ- ers is development because it increases the intellectual and social assets that the agency can use to supply job placement services to community residents . Similarly , when construction workers use ...
... relationships among them . " The report later com- ments , " Fundamentally , community building has to do with strengthen- ing the capacity of neighborhood residents , associations and organiza- tions to work , individually and ...
... relationships and other assets that strengthen communities . Through the efforts of local leaders who spread the movement's ideas , any or all of the types could evolve to conform more to the movement's ideol- ogy . Any or all could ...
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