{"product_id":"what-is-happening-in-your-community-9781498504935","title":"What is Happening in Your Community","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommunities 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 the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: What is Community? What is Community Development? History of Community Development; Models of Community Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Social Capital: Dimensions of Social Capital, Social Networks, Critiques of Social Capital \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The Social Capital Implications of Habitat for Humanity Homeownership \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew J. Hanka, Mohammed Khayum and Ramona Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Social Capital and Economic Development: A Neighborhood Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew J. Hanka and Trent Engbers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: Service Learning and Community Development \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Statham and Helen Rosenberg\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Adaptive Collaborative Community Transformation (ACCT) model of Comprehensive Community Development and Case Studies: Glenwood, Jacobsville, and Engage Henderson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: What is Collective Impact? Case Studies of Collective Impact: VOICE and Promise Zone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: HOPE VI, New Urbanism, and Social Capital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew J. Hanka and John Gilderbloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Placemaking and Social Capital\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Lessons learned in community development and collective impact \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040628146519,"sku":"9781498504935","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498504935.jpg?v=1750947322","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-is-happening-in-your-community-9781498504935","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}