Browsing Community Development Journal Articles by Subject "community development"
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Achieving gender equality in diasaster management : a case study of integrating women into community groups in Indonesia
(Unitec ePress, 2017-12-13)The recent international commitment to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) continues to recognise the need for the international development community to focus on achieving gender equality on a ... -
Auckland inner-city residents’ experiences and expressions of community connectedness
(Unitec ePress, 2015-11-27)The concept of community connectedness has become increasingly important in inner-city residential development planning as high-‐rise apartment living becomes consolidated in inner cities. The distinct nature of the built ... -
Change and development in Glen Eden 2017: report to Waitakere Ranges Local Board
(Unitec ePress, 2020-02-24)This paper has been expanded from the report previously published by ePress on 13.11.2017 [https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3981] This is a report on change and development issues facing Glen Eden. The Waitakere Ranges Local ... -
Change and development in Glen Eden, 2017. Report commissioned by Waitakere Ranges Local Board.
(Unitec ePress, 2017-11-13)This report is stage one of a report on change and development issues in Glen Eden. The Waitakere Ranges Local Board commissioned staff of the Social Practice Department of Unitec ... -
Community development : hope for Uganda
(Unitec ePress, 2018-08-11)In January 2018 I was privileged to visit Uganda, hosted by Tony Ssembatya who is a board member for the International Association for Community Development (IACD). Tony is from Uganda, but currently works for UN Women in ... -
Community development : what’s in a name! Guest editorial
(Unitec ePress, 2016-05-02)“Community development is the crucible of democracy, the place where citizens come together to share their dreams and plan their common futures.” When I began back in the department we talked about the fact that – ... -
Community development in a fractured future
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)This article explores the implications for community development in a near-term future context of some degree of ecological and societal collapse. The extreme likelihood of near-term future collapse is well known to most ... -
Community development in Aotearoa New Zealand: a historical journey
(Unitec ePress, 2016-10-27)In this article we seek to describe the key periods and influences of community development practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our historical journey gives particular consideration to the specific impacts the government’s ... -
Conference update : IACD at the United Nations high level political forum
(Unitec ePress, 2016-11-14)July was an action packed month for the International Association for Community Development (IACD), which hosted its first ever joint conference with the American Community Development Society in Minneapolis St Paul. The ... -
Creating a heart politics for community development: the legacy of Whāea Betty Wark
(Unitec ePress, 2015-05-01)This paper provides an overview of the life and community development work of Whāea Betty Wark (1924-‐2001). Whāea Betty was a Māori woman who was actively involved with community-‐based organisations from the 1950s until ... -
IACD Practice Exchange India 2016. Conference report
(Unitec ePress, 2016-05-02)Put 18 Community Development specialists on a train together in India and you have much more than a mobile party. You have the international professional development experience of a lifetime. The International Association ... -
In the context of mobility, social identity and belonging, where is ‘community’ – and why does it matter?
(Unitec ePress, 2016-05-02)The word ‘community’ is used in many diverse situations. It may be that we move into a geographical community, buy into a product community, are part of a shared interest community, participate in a work or student community, ... -
Laudato si’ : establishing local approaches for global ecological conversion
(Unitec ePress, 2018-12-19)In 2017 the Aotearoa Community Development Association (ACDA) and the International Association for Community Development (IACD) held a conference, Sustainably yours: Community development and a sustainably just future, ... -
Painting the desert pink : where place making, social cohesion and wellbeing collide
(Unitec ePress, 2015-11-27)In remote communities of western Queensland, where gatherings are rare and take the form of gymkhanas and campdrafts, women hardly take time out to invest in themselves. During droughts, the pressures are so great that ... -
Participation, Partnerships and Pilots in Community Development Policy
(Unitec ePress, 2015-05-01)This paper critically examines the current New Zealand government’s policy of promoting local participation and ‘partnerships’ in community development and the provision of social services with particular consideration of ... -
Practice report : when life gives you apricots
(Unitec ePress, 2016-11-16)The International Association for Community Development (IACD) practice exchange in India this March gave me a whole new take on the saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”, and a good lesson in the ways of an ... -
Pūrākau : our world is made of stories
(Unitec ePress, 2020-12-17)Ua ta‘u mai e Pālagi i a i tatou, o le lalolagi e faū i atoma [atoms], ae tatou Sāmoa e lē valelea-matou [tagata-Sāmoa] e te iloa o le lalolagi e tele tala. The white man has told us that the world is made of atoms, but ... -
Radical community development : we do talk politics here
(Unitec ePress, 2015-05-01)Radical community development is explicitly political. It involves a combination of thought (analysis, debate, reflection) and action. Crucial to radical community development is standing with people experiencing oppression ... -
Reflections on forty years of community development
(Unitec ePress, 2016-11-16)My involvement in community development in Auckland spans forty years. It began with community work for Manukau City when the state housing suburbs of Ōtara and Māngere were being created. There was little accommodation ... -
A report from the International Association for Community Development
(Unitec ePress, 2015-11-27)The IACD conference in 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland attracted several hundred community developers from across the world. This year, the international Community Development Journal celebrated its 50th anniversary with a ...
