ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Community Development explores community development theory and practice across the world. The book provides perspectives about community development as an interactive, relevant and sometimes contradictory way to address issues impacting the human condition. It promotes better understanding of the complexities and challenges in identifying, designing, implementing and evaluating community development constructs, applications and interventions. This edited volume discusses how community development is conceptualized as an approach, method or profession. Themes provide the scope of the book, with projects, issues or perspectives presented in each of these areas.
This handbook provides invaluable contextualized insights on the theory and practice of community development around core themes relevant in society. Each chapter explores and presents an issue, perspectives, project or case in the thematic areas, with regional and country context included. It is a must-read for students and researchers working in community development, planning and human geography and an essential reference for any professional engaged in community development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|70 pages
Governance and Community Development
part II|58 pages
Place and Community Development
chapter |11 pages
Place-Based Approaches to Poverty Alleviation
part III|46 pages
Sustainable Livelihoods and Community Development
chapter |14 pages
Sustainable Community Development and the Green Economy
part IV|78 pages
Culture and Creative Expression in Community Development
chapter |14 pages
Equity and Resilience
part V|70 pages
Identity, Belonging and Connectedness
chapter |10 pages
The Concept of Community
chapter |15 pages
From Community Engagement to Community Emergence
chapter |14 pages
Building Communities of Youth
chapter |17 pages
International Migration Decisions and Happiness
chapter |13 pages
Identity in Australian Aboriginal Communities
part VI|76 pages
Community Development, Human Rights and Resilience
chapter |17 pages
The Complexities and Challenges of Community Development in Post-Conflict South Africa
part VII|66 pages
Engagement and Knowledge