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They co-authored a book in 1993, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing A Community’s Assets, [3] which outlined their asset-based approach to community development. [4] The Community Development Program at Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research established the Asset-Based Community ...
The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." [1] It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local ...
Asset-based welfare is concerned about the assets held by individuals rather than their basic income. Will Paxton argues that asset-based welfare concentrates on the stock of capital that one holds and not just the basic income. Stock of capital is the actual measure of well being. Asset-based policies can be directly compared to income policies.
Under the terms of the legislation, registration as an asset of community value covers three aspects: [5] Material planning consideration: although not part of the enacted legislation, the ACV status may be a material consideration in a planning application and may be used by the local planning authority and Planning Inspectorate as a factor in refusing planning permission for full or partial ...
In the 1990s, CSD led the Washington University initiative for the very successful Urban Family and Community Development Program, [13] a multi-discipline, multi-university effort to build human capital and leadership in St. Louis communities. In the 2000s, CSD facilitated multiple asset-building programs in St. Louis and across the State of ...
Community investing, a subset of socially responsible investing, allows for investment directly into community-based organizations. Community investing institutions use investor capital to finance or guarantee loans to individuals and organizations that have historically been denied access to capital by traditional financial institutions.
Community wealth building is a term which covers a range of approaches which "...aim at improving the ability of communities and individuals to increase asset ownership, anchor jobs locally by broadening ownership over capital, help achieve key environmental goals, expand the provision of public services and ensure local economic stability”. [1]
This category expands Category:Community to include categories and articles about principles, concepts and specific efforts to improve Communities. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.