Community organization is found wherever people have learned to live together. In simple societies it rests upon customs or traditional ways of regulating social relationships. These customs have c…
Development of the urban environment has to be planned and managed if the best use is to be made of the available land, financial resources, and building talent. The creation, redevelopment, or ext…
To an increasing number of American families, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is the answer to the globalization of our food supply. The premise is simple: create a partnership between local …
-Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy explores the intersection of sustainable community development and the global economy, offering a detailed analysis of the challenges and oppo…
The book "Communities: A Survey of Theories and Methods of Research" by Dennis E. Poplin, originally published in 1979, provides a comprehensive overview of community theories and research methodol…
Authored by accomplished urban geographers and GIS experts, Exploring the Urban Community: A GIS Approach leverages the modern geographer’s toolset, employing the latest GIS methodology to the st…
In almost every country of the developing world, the most active builders are squatters, creating complex local economies with high rises, shopping strips, banks, and self-government. As they inven…
Urban Community Development (UCD) has been considered as one of the effective means of working with the urban poor right from 1958 when the first pilot project in UCD was started. In spite of the n…
Taking a problem based approach to regeneration management, this exciting new book, authored by renowned academics and practitioners, examines how issues of ethics, equality, sustainability, local …
Sustainable Development is now firmly on the planning agenda and is an issue neither practitioner nor academic can afford to ignore. Planning for a Sustainable Future provides a multi-disciplinary …