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ESP Community Development Words

This document defines key terms related to community development. It discusses how community development involves community members coming together to address common problems. It also describes social communities, social planning, rural development, and other processes aimed at improving quality of life, economic well-being, and social policies within a community. The document provides definitions for 30 terms in total that are important for understanding community-led development work.

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ESP Community Development Words

This document defines key terms related to community development. It discusses how community development involves community members coming together to address common problems. It also describes social communities, social planning, rural development, and other processes aimed at improving quality of life, economic well-being, and social policies within a community. The document provides definitions for 30 terms in total that are important for understanding community-led development work.

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Community

Development
By: Mharijun De Vera and Rodel Villaron
1. Community development- is a
process where community members
come together to take collective
action and generate solutions to
common problems.
2. Social Community- the networks of
relationships among people who live
and work in a particular society,
enabling that society to function
effectively.
3. Social Planning- is a process that
helps communities identify strengths
and weaknesses and determine ways to
improve the quality of life in the
community.
4. Versatility- ability to adapt or be
adapted to many different functions or
activities.
5. Rural Development- is the
process of improving the quality of life
and economic well-being of people
living in relatively isolated and sparsely
populated areas.
6. Linkage- the action of linking or the
state of being linked.
7. Social Policy- is a term which is
applied to various areas of policy,
usually within a governmental or
political setting
8. Social Change- refers to any
significant alteration over time in
behavior patterns and cultural values
and norms.
9. Social Policy- is a term which
is applied to various areas of policy,
usually within a governmental or
political setting
10. Leadership- the action of
leading a group of people or an
organization.
11. Outsiders- a person who does
not belong to a particular group.
12. Interest Community- A community
of interest is a community of people
who share a common interest or
passion. These people exchange ideas
and thoughts about the given passion,
but may know (or care) little about
each other outside of this area.
13. Colonization- the action or
process of settling among and
establishing control over the
indigenous people of an area.
14. Community Action Agencies- are
private or public nonprofit
organizations that were created by the
federal government in 1964 to combat
poverty in geographically designated
areas.
15. Boom Town- is a community
that undergoes sudden and rapid
population and economic growth, or
that is started from scratch.
16. Collaboration- the action of
working with someone to produce
or create something.
17. Community led
Development- is the process of
working together to create and
achieve locally owned visions and
goals
18. Advocacy- is association with a
planned and systematic series of
activities aimed at achieving a
specific change.
19. Representation- This is the
action or fact of one person standing
for another so as to have the rights
and obligations of the person
represented.
20. Asset Mapping- This is a
technique for groups to identify the
assets of their community and connect
them in order to increase the capacity
of the community to meet its needs.
21. Coalition- is an organization of
individuals, representing diverse
organizations, factions or
constituencies, who agree to work
together in order to achieve a
common goal.
22. Communal- Communal usually
refers to collective ownership and use
of property by members of a group or
community.
23. Equity- refers to the right of the
individual to a fair share of the goods
and services in society, However, equal
treatment will not necessarily
guarantee equal results.
24. Healthy Public Policy- Healthy
public policies are decisions or actions,
which are intended to have a positive
impact on peoples' health.
25. Indicator- An indicator is a
measurement that reflects the status
of a system (e.g. social, economic or
environmental) over time.
26. Mobilization- is the process of
organizing people and resource to
create change. It puts ideas into
action and brings momentum to a
project.
27. Resources- Resources can be
tangible (e.g., money, computers,
staff, volunteers) or intangible (e.g.,
motivation, in-kind services, actions).
28. Sustainable Development- is a
development which "meets the needs
of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to
meet their own needs."
29. Universality- Universal services are
available to everyone, without the need to
meet eligibility requirements or to
demonstrate financial need.
30. Community Animation- is a method of
community development in which the
worker serves as a catalyst to bring
together people, knowledge, skills and
other resource to enable a community
coalition or group to bring a community
vision to life.

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