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To study community development, you need to look at three perspectives, 1. Physical (civil engineering, architecture, construction science and urban planning), 2. Economics (business and public administration), and 3. Social (social work, history, and political science). Here are relevant subjects of community development’s classification:
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| US Department of Housing & Urban Development (http://www.hud.gov/) Website from the US Department of Housing, full of important information for community development Center for Rural Affairs (http://www.cfra.org/community) This is the home-page of the Center for Rural Affairs “was established in 1973 as a nonprofit by rural Nebraskans and had since grown to a nationally recognized policy analysis and advocacy organization focused on the upper Midwest and Great Plains. In recent years our national grassroots base has grown to nearly 30,000 individuals including people in all 50 states” (home “about us”). A lot of useful information including free monthly newsletter. Pomegranate Center (http://www.pomegranate.org/) Good web-site to search city-planning and community development based on art. Pomegranate Center was funded in 1986 by artist and community organizer Milenko Matanovic. “Concerned with the direction of modern communities, he created pomegranate Center to explore how artists can link art with social and environmental issues to help build better communities”(home “History and Accomplishments”) Click resource, you can find useful website links, too. Community Tool Box (http://ctb.ku.edu/en/Default.htm) This website provides hundred of links (click “connect with others”, you will see “links to other online resources”). This site has been developing (ongoing) by the work group for community health and development department at the University of Kansas. The tool box provides over 7,000 pages of practical information to support your work in promoting community health and development. Community Development Society (http://comm-dev.org/) Home page of the organization which provides promotions for community leadership and development: if you join the membership (must pay), you will receive conference and publication information, job posting, and listserve. Census (http://www.census.gov/) source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data Center for Community Stewardship (http://www.stewardacademy.com/) National Affordable Housing Training Institution (http://www.nahti.org/default.asp) National Association of Counties (http://www.naco.org/) National League of Cities (http://www.nlc.org/) United States House of Representatives (http://www.house.gov/) The White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/) Texas Historic Sites Atlas –History on your desktop |
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