Community design a team approach to dynamic community systems

Summary: Community design has grown in importance in the public policy agenda over the past decade. This book focuses on the author's experience and work in Minnesota where a design team of architects, planners, and economic and community development practitioners provided planning and design assistance to local communities. The book explores the advantages of a systems approach to community design and uses the work of the Minnesota team to consider the issues involved in the implementation of successful community design.

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ISBN: 9780761905974 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0761905979 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 9780761905967 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 0761905960 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN: 1452263426 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781452263427 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 139 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.
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Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.03.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-132) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The third wave : a changing American landscape -- Community : a wave or a particle? -- Is there a place for places in community? -- Action research : the foundation of community design -- Community in the third dimension -- Gauging community opinion -- You've gotta have connections : community design as a healing process.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.