Asset Building & Community Development

Gary Paul Green is a professor in the Department of Community & Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a community development specialist in the Center for Community & Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Green’s teaching and research interests are primarily in the areas of community and economic development. In addition to his work in the U.S., he has been involved in community and economic development research and teaching in China, New Zealand, South Korea, Uganda, and Ukraine. Anna L. Haines, Ph.D. is a professor in the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and a land use and community development specialist with the University of Wisconsin-Extension. Haines received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Her research and teaching focuses on planning and community development from a natural resources or environmental perspective. Her research has focused on evaluating community planning and zoning in terms of smart growth and sustainability, land parcelization, and local food systems. Her extension work has focused on comprehensive planning and planning implementation tools and techniques, sustainable communities, and property rights issues.

• Chapter 1: The Role of Assets in Community-Based DevelopmentWhither Community?Growth Versus DevelopmentPeople Versus PlaceCapacity BuildingCommunity SustainabilityThe Challenge of RegionalismAsset BuildingPublic ParticipationThe Role of Community-Based OrganizationsModels of Community DevelopmentSummary and ConclusionsChapter 2: A History of Community Development in AmericaThe Evolution of Community DevelopmentRecurring Issues in Community DevelopmentSummary and ConclusionsChapter 3: Community SustainabilityWhat Is Community Sustainability?Why Sustainability?The History of SustainabilityApproaches to SustainabilitySummary and ConclusionsChapter 4: The Community Development ProcessCommunity OrganizingPublic ParticipationPlanning Models, Techniques, and Process StepsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 5: The Role of Community-Based OrganizationsCommunity Development CorporationsLocal Development CorporationsNeighborhood AssociationsCommunity Youth OrganizationsFaith-Based OrganizationsCommunity FoundationsInternational Nongovernmental OrganizationsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 6: Human CapitalWorkforce Development IssuesKey Concepts and DebatesCBOs and Workforce DevelopmentContext for Workforce DevelopmentKey Actors and InstitutionsLocal Labor Market DataDeveloping Goals and StrategiesSummary and ConclusionsChapter 7: Social CapitalSocial Capital Definition and IssuesKey Concepts and DebatesCBOs and Social CapitalSocial Capital and Ethnic EnclavesSocial Capital and Local Economic DevelopmentAssessing Social CapitalSummary and ConclusionsChapter 8: Physical CapitalHousing IssuesKey Concepts and DebatesA History of Federal Housing PolicyThe Role of CBOs in Housing ProvisionThe Impact of CBOsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 9: Financial CapitalFinancial Capital IssuesKey Concepts and DebatesCommunity Credit InstitutionsContext for Community Credit InstitutionsKey Actors and InstitutionsCommunity Economic Development FinancePredatory LendingIndividual Development AccountsAssessing Local Credit MarketsStrategies for Building Local Credit MarketsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 10: Environmental CapitalForms of Environmental CapitalLand Use and Environmental CapitalThe Roles of Government and the MarketCommunity-Based OrganizationsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 11: Political CapitalKey Concepts and DebatesMethodsCommunity-Based Organization and Political CapitalCommunity Collaboration and Political CapitalDeliberative Democracy as Political CapitalSummary and ConclusionsChapter 12: Cultural CapitalCultural Capital Definition and IssuesKey Concepts and DebatesCulture and PlaceGovernment and CBOs in Cultural CapitalSummary and ConclusionsChapter 13: Food, Energy, and CommunityLocal Food Systems and CommunityTypes of Local Food SystemsEnergy and Local SustainabilitySummary and ConclusionsChapter 14: Natural Disasters and Climate Change: The Role of Community AssetsWhat Are Natural Disasters?What Creates Natural Disasters?Responses to Natural DisastersThe Role of Community-Based OrganizationsSummary and ConclusionsChapter 15: The Future of Community DevelopmentFulfilling the Promise of Community-Based DevelopmentLocal Versus External Initiation of Community DevelopmentCommunity-Based Organizations and International DevelopmentAn Agenda for Promoting Community Development in AmericaSummary and Conclusions

"Green and Haines provide community development practitioners with the tools to engage the public in the development of their communities and neighborhoods."