ABSTRACT
Taiwan municipalities and cities have the potential to create sustainable communities through land use planning, utility provision, transportation infrastructure development and waste management. The Community Empowerment Network, Taipei (CENT) serves as an interactive platform for citizens, community organizations and governmental authorities. In other words, community is a dynamic system and its establishment depends on the connectedness of relationships, or as Putnam refers to it as 'social capital'. As an empowerment process, community planning focused on individuals in a specific place can benefit communities of any scale, from neighborhoods to districts to towns/cities to regions. For the community workshop, CENT provided learning courses on community environment and ecological vision and determination. Through community care interviews, telephone interviews and health promotion activities, Jiantan Community initiated the 'social care and assistance station' program. Jiantan Community collaborates with Taiwan Long-term Care Professional Association, Community Care and Assistance Station in implementing social work services.
