An Introduction to Community Development

An Introduction to Community Development offers comprehensive and practical approaches to enhance development processes and outcomes for communities.It enables students to make connections between academic study and practical know-how in both private and public sector contexts.Now in its third edition, the book is based on the authors’ years of teaching and research and on training they have provided for practicing community and economic development professionals, policymakers, community leaders and planners.It has been road-tested through the authors' extensive experience working directly with communities to build better futures. A major theme of the book is the link between community development and economic development, and it clearly shows how to integrate them to make communities more prosperous.Most importantly, the book is strongly focused on outcomes, encouraging students to address key issues for community progress.What are best practices for community development? How do we u