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Ferguson, Ronald F., Ed.; Dickens, William T., Ed. – 1999
The essays in this collection promote a conception of community development that entails building practical capacities to improve the quality of life among residents of targeted neighborhoods. The causes, consequences, and potential solutions of urban problems that lie both inside and outside neighborhood borders are emphasized. The chapters are:…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Neighborhood Improvement, Urban Problems
Wolpert, Julian; And Others – 1972
Metropolitan land use change, with a specific focus on the processes of participation and conflict over neighborhood development, is discussed. The resource paper is part of a series designed to supplement existing texts and to fill a gap between research and accessible materials in geography. Part I deals very generally with the implications of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Change, Community Involvement, Higher Education
Jones, Judith Denton – 1987
This text presents the results of a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the development and activities of the Six School Complex, a group of schools in Northwest Washington, D.C. The Complex was organized in 1975 to cope with population shifts by increasing the number of neighborhood children attending public schools, to broaden and improve the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change
