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Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Community Capacity Building: Creating a Better Future Together
List of Contributors
4
Foreword
8
Table of Contents
10
Executive Summary
12
Chapter 1. Putting Community Capacity Building in Context
16
Introduction
17
Community capacity building and community development
17
Understanding “community&rdquo
18
Community development
18
Community capacity building
20
Community capacity building and social policy
21
Local economic development and community capacity building
24
Community capacity building and the environment
26
Major findings
28
The importance of community development and capacity building
28
Using community capacity building for local economic development
30
Social policy: The challenge for community capacity building?
31
Sustainable development and environmental justice: The role of community capacity building
32
Conclusion
34
Bibliography
36
Chapter 2. Community Capacity Building and Social Policy: Health, Housing and Community Regeneration
38
Introduction
39
Why is community capacity building relevant to social policy?
40
The role of government in community capacity building
41
The healthcare context: Major trends
44
Addressing the needs of the underserved
45
Enabling user involvement
47
Box 2.1. Health users taking control: Mental health work through different approaches
50
Box 2.2. Health users taking control: Community health issues tackled in different ways
51
Development of indicators
52
Country case studies
53
The United Kingdom
53
Canada
55
Australasia
55
Housing policy: A long history of community involvement
57
Definition and history of social housing
57
Recent trends in social housing
58
Examples of tenant participation
60
The United Kingdom
61
Western Europe
63
Australia
63
Indicators and evaluation
65
Community capacity building and community regeneration: A complex policy mix
66
Definition and history of community regeneration
66
Major trends
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Box 2.3. Lessons for CCB in regeneration programmes: Partnership working
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Box 2.4. Lessons for CCB in regeneration programmes: Funding as a lever
71
Examples from the UK
72
Elsewhere
75
Concluding comments
76
Notes
77
Bibliography
77
Chapter 3. Community Capacity Building and the Local Economy: Private, Government and Non-profit Approaches
88
Introduction
89
The role of social capital
91
Examples of the social economy
93
The community idyll?
94
Figure 3.1. The social economy
96
Human capital and time banking
97
Local Exchange Trading Schemes (LETS)
99
Credit unions
101
The local multiplier effect in deprived areas
102
Figure 3.2. The local multiplier effect
102
Components of economic renewal
103
Economic development case studies
106
Overview
106
Private sector driven revitalisation
107
Role of the private sector
109
Blighted areas in the UK
112
Government created technology hubs
118
Producer co-operatives in rural areas
121
What works and is there a recipe for communities and policy makers?
125
Some key lessons for policy makers
126
Figure 3.3. The local multiplier effect (combining social and economic factors)
128
Bibliography
129
Chapter 4. Community Capacity Building and the Environment: Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice
132
Introduction
133
Sustainable development
133
Figure 4.1. The intersecting spheres of sustainable development
134
Table 4.1. Key themes and principles of sustainable development for capacity building
134
Environmental justice
135
Community capacity building and the environment
136
Agenda 21
136
Effective environmental community capacity building: Case studies
140
Overview
140
Table 4.2. Effective tools for community capacity building and environmental governance
141
Europe
140
Australasia (Australia and New Zealand)
144
The Americas
149
Evaluation frameworks
155
Table 4.3. Dimensions of environmental capacity building
160
Exploring the determinants of successful environmental capacity building
158
Shared concerns and understanding of a community history
158
Community identity
158
Participation and inclusion
159
Leadership and political influence
159
Access to information and rights
159
Skills and resources
159
Implications and policy recommendations
160
Bibliography
161
Glossary
164
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