Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's AssetsCenter for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1993 - City planning - 376 pages This guide summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the United States. It outlines in simple, "neighborhood-friendly" terms what local communities can do to start their own journey down the path of asset-based development. |
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Devastated Communities | 1 |
AssetBased | 8 |
Persons at the Center of CommunityPersons at the | 13 |
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