The asset-based community development (ABCD) approach has been criticized for
neglecting external power systems' influence on local communities. To understand ABCD's …

This paper aims to investigate how different forms of collective storytelling can contribute to
citizen creativity for the imagination and discussion on possible climate futures, as well the …

Researchers can use a participatory design approach to produce sustainable interventions
that leverage the cultural values and practices of ethnoculturally and linguistically diverse …

Community development education (CDE) can learn from the field of social
entrepreneurship to catalyze transformational change in communities. Social …

Communities thrive on diversity in the long-run. Our communities are filled with diverse
individuals and diverse groups of residents who, though they share a common place, may …

This paper explores quality of life (QoL) in the US–Mexico Border region by revisiting The
Border Observatory Project (BOP). The BOP collected and analyzed survey-response data …

Disaster risks cannot be reduced by individual efforts alone and necessitate community
participation and collective action. However, communicating and encouraging collective …

Entrepreneurial hubs in communities have moved beyond chambers of commerce to include
coworking communities, incubators, and accelerators. The place for these localized …

This article presents an exploration of the relationship between community building and
lifelong learning. Using a reflective style, the authors propose that the fusion of community …

There has been a recent upswing of academic interest in the social dimensions of
sustainable cities, especially the dynamics of Quality of Life (QoL), Environmental Equity …