Just and lasting change : when communities own their futures / Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl E. Taylor ; with the assistance of Mabelle and Raj Arole ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Daniel C.

Contributor:

Taylor, Carl E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community health services.

Community development.

Environmental health.

Rural health.

Physical Description:

xii, 350 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, in association with Future Generations, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Just and Lasting Change presents how to transform communities rapidly and inlocally appropriate ways. Daniel Taylor-Ide and Carl Taylor have been present at key events and worked with key thinkers in dealing with the large forces of inequity, environmental change, and globalization. The approach they have synthesized builds on what has worked over the last century-and can now be implemented rapidly and cost-effectively in many parts of the world. It relies on a three-way partnership of "bottom-up" initiatives from the community level, "top-down" support from government agencies, and "outside-in" ingenuity and objectivity from experts. Based on both a diverse range of case studies-from the earliest attempts to promote social development in India a century ago to current efforts in Tibet, the Peruvian Andes, China, and the American Southwest-and engaging personal experiences, this book describes, step-by-step, how SEED-SCALE can be effectively implemented. With contributions from leading international experts in community-based development and public health, Just and Lasting Change offers a hopeful description of how people have made a difference in diverse communities around the world and a practical, accessible handbook for those trying to improve the quality of life in underdeveloped communities everywhere.

Contents:

The claim : a just and lasting future is achievable

Getting started : positive change is possible

Synopsis of SEED-SCALE

Making a large and lasting impact

Our maturing undertanding on community change

Assuring accountability through better paperwork

A crisis can be an opportunity / Henry G. Taylor, Carl E. Taylor, Daniel Taylor-Ide

Historical demonstrations

Ding Xian : the first example of community based development

Kerala : development without wealth

The Adirondacks : an evolving balance between people and nature

Narangwal : the role of conceptual and cultural breakthroughs

Evidence from the community level

Curitiba, Brazil : a better pattern for cities

Jamkhed, India : the evolution of a world training center / Mabelle and Raj Arole

Gadchiroli, India : addiction as a barrier to development / Abhay and Rani Bang

Kakamega, Kenya : a promising start derailed / Miriam K. Were

The White Mountain Apache, United States : reclaiming self-determination

Large-scale applications

Urban agriculture : a powerful engine for sustainable cities / Jac Smit

Peru : communities and government learning to work together / Patricia Paredes and Carl E. Taylor

Tibet, China : integrating conservation with development

China's model counties in China : going to scale with health care / Carl E. Taylor, Robert Parker, and Zeng Donglu

SEED-SCALE handbooks

SEED-SCALE principles and criteria

Community-based action through SEED / Betsy Taylor, Daniel Taylor-Ide, and Carl E. Taylor

How to go to SCALE.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7701-6

OCLC:

923191531