INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

An Introduction to Community Development offers a comprehensive, practical approach to planning for communities. Road-tested in the authors own teaching, and through the training they provide for practicing planners, it enables students to make connections between academic study and practical know-how from both private and public sector contexts. The book shows how planners can use local economic interests and integrate finance and marketing considerations into their strategy. Most importantly, the book is strongly focused on outcomes, having students ask what is best practice when it comes to planning for

O introducere in dezvoltarea comunitatii ofera o abordare cuprinzatoare si practica a planificarii comunitatilor. Testat rutier in propriile predari ale autorilor, si prin instruirea pe care o ofera pentru planificatorii practicanti, le permite studentilor sa faca legaturi intre studiul academic si cunostintele practice atat din contextele sectorului privat, cat si din cel public.