Asset building & community development / Gary Paul Green, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Anna Haines, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Gary P., author.

Haines, Anna, author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--United States.

Community development.

United States.

Community development corporations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Other Title:

Asset building and community development

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A comprehensive approach focused on sustainable change Asset Building and Community Development, Fourth Edition examines the promise and limits of community development by showing students and practitioners how asset-based developments can improve the sustainability and quality of life. Authors Gary Paul Green and Anna Haines provide an engaging, thought-provoking, and comprehensive approach to asset building by focusing on the role of different forms of community capital in the development process. Updated throughout, this text explores how communities are building on their key assets -- physical, human, social, financial, environmental, political, and cultural capital -- to generate positive change. With a focus on community outcomes, the authors illustrate how development controlled by community-based organizations provides a better match between assets and the needs of the community.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Role of Assets in Community-Base Development 1

Whither Community? 2

Growth Versus Development 5

People Versus Place 7

Capacity Building 8

Community Sustainability 10

The Challenge of Regionalism 12

Asset Building 13

Public Participation 20

The Role of Community-Based Organizations 21

Models of Community Development 22

Self-Help 22

Technical Assistance 23

Conflict 24

Summary and Conclusions 25

Key Concepts 25

Questions 26

Exercises 26

References 27

Additional Readings and Resources 28

Chapter 2 A History of Community Development in America 32

The Evolution of Community Development 33

The Progressive Era 33

The New Deal 35

Urban Renewal and Area Redevelopment 37

The War on Poverty 37

Retrenchment in the Nixon and Reagan Administrations 40

The Clinton Years 42

The Bush Administration 44

Obama's Challenges 45

Community Organizing 47

Recurring Issues in Community Development 48

Participation 48

Race 49

Gender 51

Summary and Conclusions 52

Key Concepts 53

Questions 53

Exercises 54

References 54

Additional Readings and Resources 55

Chapter 3 Community Sustainability 57

What Is Community Sustainability? 58

Why Sustainability? 63

The History of Sustainability 64

Approaches to Sustainability 68

Summary and Conclusions 71

Key Concepts 72

Questions 72

Exercises 72

References 73

Additional Readings and Resources 75

Chapter 4 The Community Development Process 78

Community Organizing 79

Public Participation 81

Planning Models, Techniques, and Process Steps 85

Comprehensive-Rational Planning 87

Advocacy Planning 87

Strategic Planning 88

Charrettes 88

Appreciative Inquiry 89

Visioning 89

Timing and Momentum 93

Workshops 94

Goals and Strategy Development 94

Action Plan Development 95

Monitor, Evaluate, and Revise 97

Community-Based Research Techniques 98

Summary and Conclusions 104

Key Concepts 105

Questions 105

Exercises 106

References 106

Additional Readings and Resources 108

Chapter 5 The Role of Community-Based Organizations 111

Community Development Corporations 113

Three Generations of CDCs 116

Debates Over CDCs 119

Local Development Corporations 120

Neighborhood Associations 122

Community Youth Organizations 124

Faith-Based Organizations 125

Community Foundations 126

International Nongovernmental Organizations 127

Summary and Conclusions 130

Key Concepts 130

Questions 131

Exercises 131

References 132

Additional Readings and Resources 134

Chapter 6 Human Capital 136

Workforce Development Issues 138

Key Concepts and Debates 139

CBOs and Workforce Development 145

Context for Workforce Development 147

Key Actors and Institutions 149

Local Labor Market Data 151

Developing Goals and Strategies 153

Preparing the Future Workforce 153

Sustaining the Workforce 154

Upgrading the Workforce 155

Expanding the Workforce 155

Promoting Entrepreneurship 156

Green-Collar Jobs 156

Summary and Conclusions 159

Key Concepts 160

Questions 160

Exercises 161

References 161

Additional Readings and Resources 162

Chapter 7 Social Capital 165

Social Capital Definition and Issues 166

Key Concepts and Debates 171

CBOs and Social Capital 176

Social Capital and Ethnic Enclaves 177

Social Capital and Local Economic Development 178

Assessing Social Capital 180

Summary and Conclusions 181

Key Concepts 181

Questions 182

Exercises 182

References 186

Additional Readings and Resources 187

Chapter 8 Physical Capital 190

Housing Issues 192

The Problem 193

Key Concepts and Debates 195

Filtering 199

Gentrification 200

Residential Segregation 202

Subprime Mortgages and the Housing Crisis 204

Green Building 205

A History of Federal Housing Policy 207

The Role of CBOs in Housing Provision 213

Models of Community-Based Housing Provision 213

The Impact of CBOs 217

Summary and Conclusions 218

Key Concepts 219

Questions 219

Exercises 220

Notes 221

References 221

Additional Readings and Resources 224

Chapter 9 Financial Capital 228

Financial Capital Issues 229

Key Concepts and Debates 230

Community Credit Institutions 232

Context for Community Credit Institutions 237

Key Actors and Institutions 239

Community Economic Development Finance 240

Predatory Lending 242

Individual Development Accounts 243

Assessing Local Credit Markets 244

Strategies for Building Local Credit Markets 246

Build CDFIs 246

Pressure Local Credit Institutions to Serve Community 246

Use Informal Credit Markets 247

Identify External Sources of Credit 247

Summary and Conclusions 248

Key Concepts 248

Questions 249

Exercises 249

References 250

Additional Readings and Resources 250

Chapter 10 Environmental Capital 254

Forms of Environmental Capital 256

Aesthetic Qualities/Scenic Resources 257

Agricultural Land Resources 257

Geographic Setting and Soils 257

Human Health/Environmental Hazards 257

Plant Communities 258

Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat 258

Surface Water Resources/Water Supply 258

Groundwater/Water Supply 259

Land Use and Environmental Capital 260

Sprawl 260

Smart Growth and New Urbanism 262

Vacant Property 266

Brownfields 267

The Roles of Government and the Market 270

The Government 270

The Market 271

Community-Based Organizations 272

What Is a Land Trust? 273

Summary and Conclusions 276

Key Concepts 277

Questions 277

Exercises 278

References 278

Additional Readings and Resources 280

Chapter 11 Political Capital 283

Key Concepts and Debates 284

Methods 287

Community-Based Organizations and Political Capital 289

Conflict Organizing 290

Consensus Organizing 295

Community Collaboration and Political Capital 296

Deliberative Democracy as Political Capital 299

Summary and Conclusions 299

Key Concepts 300

Questions 301

Exercises 301

References 302

Additional Readings and Resources 303

Chapter 12 Cultural Capital 305

Cultural Capital Definition and Issues 306

Key Concepts and Debates 307

Culture and Place 313

Government and CBOs in Cultural Capital 315

Summary and Conclusions 317

Key Concepts 318

Questions 318

Exercises 318

References 318

Additional Readings and Resources 319

Chapter 13 Food, Energy, and Community 321

Local Food Systems and Community 322

Types of Local Food Systems 323

Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) 323

Farm-to-School Programs 324

Community Gardens 326

Farmers Markets 326

Culinary Tourism 327

Urban Agriculture 329

Energy and Local Sustainability 330

Biofuels 331

Wind 332

Solar 333

Energy Efficiency 333

Summary and Conclusions 335

Key Concepts 336

Questions 336

Exercises 336

References 337

Additional Readings and Resources 337

Chapter 14 Natural Disasters and Climate Change 341

What Are Natural Disasters? 342

What Creates Natural Disasters? 346

Responses to Natural Disasters 348

The Role of Community-Based Organizations 355

Summary and Conclusions 357

Key Concepts 358

Questions 358

Exercises 358

References 359

Additional Readings and Resources 360

Chapter 15 The Future of Community Development 362

Fulfilling the Promise of Community-Based Development 364

Local Versus External Initiation of Community Development 367

Community-Based Organizations and International Development 369

An Agenda for Promoting Community Development in America 370

Build on Successes 370

Create Spaces for Meaningful Participation 371

Provide Training for CBOs 372

Form Regional CBO Consortiums/Networks 372

Improve Diversity in Decision Making 373

Strengthen University-Community Partnerships 374

Summary and Conclusions 375

Key Concepts 376

Questions 376

Exercises 376

References 377

Additional Readings and Resources 377.

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9781483398631

OCLC:

931607009

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