What is Happening in Your Community? by Matthew J Hanka

What is Happening in Your Community? by Matthew J Hanka

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What is Happening in Your Community? by Matthew J Hanka

Communities are not static or stationary organisms. They are fluid and dynamic and change over time. The role of community development in the change and transformation of a community is critical to improving and enhancing the quality of life of the community and its residents. This book examines how community development changes a community and why that change matters, while also examining the relationship between community development and social capital. When a community improves its social capital, change can happen because people can leverage their networks to produce better results for themselves. This book also looks at comprehensive community development and collective impact models and several case studies that utilize these models. It also looks at how the transformation and revitalization of a neighborhood through new housing creates opportunities for people everywhere, and how effective placemaking strategies empower diverse groups of people in a community to reimagine their public spaces and the built environment to be more livable, walkable, creative, and sustainable while fostering greater connections with people in their community.
Matthew J. Hanka is associate professor of political science at the University of Southern Indiana.
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ISBN 13 9781498504935
ISBN 10 1498504930
Title What is Happening in Your Community?
Author Matthew J Hanka
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Year published 2023-02-24
Number of pages 326
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