Asset-based community development
Encyclopedia
Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a methodology that seeks to uncover and utilize the strengths within communities as a means for sustainable development
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The first step in the process of community development is to assess the resources of a community through a capacity inventory or through another process of talking to the residents to determine what types of skills and experience are available. The next step is to support communities,to discover what they care enough about to act. The final step is to determine how citizens can act together to achieve those goals.
in Evanston, Illinois. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future Its founders, John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, were influential in developing this community development
philosophy.
By Mike Green with Henry Moore & John O'Brien
Foreword by John McKnight
sset-Based Community Development as a Strategy for Community-Driven Development
http://www.inspiringcommunities.com Australia/Asia
http://www.nurturedevelopment.ie/ Europe
Sustainable development
Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come...
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The first step in the process of community development is to assess the resources of a community through a capacity inventory or through another process of talking to the residents to determine what types of skills and experience are available. The next step is to support communities,to discover what they care enough about to act. The final step is to determine how citizens can act together to achieve those goals.
Basis of the Idea
The Asset-Based Community Development Institute is located at Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in Evanston, Illinois. The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD) is at the center of a large and growing movement that considers local assets as the primary building blocks of sustainable community development. Building on the skills of local residents, the power of local associations, and the supportive functions of local institutions, asset-based community development draws upon existing community strengths to build stronger, more sustainable communities for the future Its founders, John Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, were influential in developing this community development
Community development
Community development is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities....
philosophy.
Applications to Health Systems
In the book Health Assets in a Global Context it is argued that "in egalitarian societies with strong safety nets and adequate provision of public goods, neighbourhood contexts (including the level of social cohesion) may be less salient for the health of residents in contrast to segregated and unequal societies such as the United States." It is also argued that neo-liberal (unregulated market) economic doctrines promoting individual considerations over the common good erode social capital as a health asset.See also
- Allotment gardens
- Community developmentCommunity developmentCommunity development is a broad term applied to the practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities....
- Community-based participatory researchCommunity-based participatory researchCommunity-based participatory research is research that is conducted as an equal partnership between traditionally trained "experts" and members of a community. In CBPR projects, the community participates fully in all aspects of the research process....
(CBPR) - Participatory rural appraisalParticipatory rural appraisalParticipatory rural appraisal is an approach used by non-governmental organizations and other agencies involved in international development...
(PRA) - SearsolinSEARSOLINThe Southeast Asia Rural Social Leadership Institute is one of the outreach units of the Jesuit-run Xavier University located in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines...
- Praxis interventionPraxis interventionPraxis Intervention is a form of participatory action research. Where other forms of participatory action research emphasize the collective modification of the external world, the praxis intervention model emphasizes working on the Praxis potential of its participants...
- Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (PCHP)Progress in Community Health PartnershipsProgress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action is a peer-reviewed medical journal published quarterly by the Johns Hopkins University Press. In each issue, one article is selected for a “Beyond the Manuscript” podcast....
Further reading
- John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets (Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, 1993)
- http://www.mystfx.ca/institutes/coady/text/about_publications_occasional_citizens.htmlFrom Clients to Citizens: AABCD in Action: When People Care Enough To Act
By Mike Green with Henry Moore & John O'Brien
Foreword by John McKnight
sset-Based Community Development as a Strategy for Community-Driven Development
- What is Asset Mapping? by John Emerson, 2004.
- PCHP Website
- Author Guidelines
- A Vision for Progress in Community Health Partnerships
- Inagural Issue Sample Reader
- Guidelines for Writing Manuscripts About Community-based Participatory Research in Peer- Reviewed Journals
- Beyond the Manuscript Podcasts
- Community Policy Briefs
- Editorial Board
- Access PCHP at Project MUSE
External links
http://www.inspiringcommunities.com Australia/Asia
http://www.nurturedevelopment.ie/ Europe