Smong as a cultural early warning system: strengthening community awareness in tsunami disaster risk reduction

Abstract. Smong, a tsunami narrative from Simeulue Island in Aceh, Indonesia, has long served as a cultural early warning system, enabling communities to s

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Civil society, community development, and the far-right

Abstract. This article discusses the ascendancy of the far-right and the ways in which it erodes civil society and affects community development. It begins

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Women, environmental governance and livelihood strategies in conflict zones: evidence from Karbi Anglong District of Assam, Northeast India

Abstract. Women, environmental governance and livelihood are the mainstay of political economy debates in South Asia, particularly with respect to liveliho

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Celebrating 60 years: community development‐analysis and action from polycrisis to a democratic future

Issue 61.3 is part 3 of Community Development Journal’s 60th anniversary edition. We continue with special sections that focus on the present-time, explori

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Publishing research on a wide range of topics, the journal adopts a broad definition of community development to include policy, planning and action as they impact on the life of communities.

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Cities in search of freedom: European municipalities against the Leviathan

Historically speaking, since the Treaty of Westphalia (1648), the nation-state has been recognized by the world as the political representative mainstay an

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Women’s empowerment or business as usual? Insights from a women-run Village Bank in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract. Pakistan’s thriving microfinance sector has seen the emergence of Village Banks (VBs), an innovative model of women-run and women-only provision

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Two classic texts: time to decolonize community development

Colonial Office (1958) Community Development: A Handbook Prepared by a Study Conference on Community Development held at Hartwell House, Aylesbury, Bucking

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Celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Community Development Journal

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Community work theory into practice

Written by a team embedded in practice experience but underpinned by ideas and academic knowledge, explicitly setting out to show us that ‘theory and pract

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The Rise of Mental Vulnerability at Work: A Socio-Historical and Cultural Analysis

In recent decades, mental health has grown into a fraught and explicit public issue with considerable public and corporate policy attention. Mental health

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A quality management based approach to community development

Abstract. Quality management has its genesis in manufacturing industry but is now practiced in most sectors of the economy. What quality has learned as it

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Viable paths of four Indian alternative economies: securing livelihoods through adaptive resistance

Abstract. This study examines four Indian production-oriented alternative economies that have achieved long-term viability, aiming to understand the factor

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Participatory photography as a therapeutic practice: a contextual review and case study

Abstract. Research proposes that participatory photography is a therapeutic way for people to self-represent, self-advocate and consequently enhance their

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Planners’ embedded participation on rural revitalization in remote China: a comparative analysis of two small garden initiatives

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Community and socio-spatial context in a social entrepreneurship education programme for NEET young people in coastal regions

Abstract. Entrepreneurship studies have yet to explore vulnerable young people and their relationship to place in social entrepreneurship projects. Drawing

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Creativity, economy, and history

Following from the second of our 60th Anniversary special sections, this issue includes five further original articles, plus a reflections piece and three

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Intra-community politics: winners and losers from the community-based adaptation projects in northern Ethiopia

Abstract. Over the last decade, Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) has emerged as a prominent approach for integrating climate adaptation into local developm

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Ecovillages: from isolated communities to ideal models of sustainable communities

Abstract. This research aims to provide a historical perspective on the evolution of ecovillages from isolated communities to emerging ideal models for sus

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Celebrating 60 years: community development in the age of the polycrisis

Issue 61.2 continues the Community Development Journal’s 60th anniversary with a Special Section that turns to the present. While the previous issue reflec

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Volume 61 Issue 2 | Community Development Journal | Oxford Academic

Publishing research on a wide range of topics, the journal adopts a broad definition of community development to include policy, planning and action as they impact on the life of communities.

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It's Not Where You Live, It's How You Live: Class and Gender Struggles in a Dublin Estate

John Bissett has been a community worker for over three decades and is a seasoned activist who has played a prominent role in anti-austerity, housing and d

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Living with disasters: communities and development in the Indian Sundarbans

This important book explores contemporary ‘livelihood’ initiatives in the enduring disaster-prone region that is India’s ‘Sundarbans’ – an active delta spr

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For, of, and by the community: critical place-based reflections on mangroves regeneration in the Indian Sundarbans

Abstract. Mangrove plantations are considered coastal buffers for inland territorial zones since they provide protection from tidal surges and extreme weat

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Effect of homestead land titling programme on most vulnerable Adivasis: the case of the Lodhas of West Bengal

Abstract. India has seventy-five extremely vulnerable tribal communities that are officially recognized as particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). C

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Application of new genre public art in community empowerment: a case study of Chongqing Tie Lu San Cun Village, China

AbstractPurpose. This paper aims to explore the necessity of using new genre public art (NGPA) to enhance community empowerment based on the characteristic

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From heavy rains to radical pedagogies: contesting housing injustice and environmental risk in Mauá, Brazil

Abstract. In the peripheries of southern metropolises, vulnerable households living in precarious housing often suffer from climatic events such as heavy r

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Mapas Parlantes: collective visual methods to map and re−/construct urban memories

Abstract. This article reflects on the generative potential of visual methods to collectively construct and re-construct intergenerational urban memories r

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Pedagogical anarchitectures: critical practices and territorial contestations in the Spatial Academy of Santiago de Chile

Abstract. This paper learns from the Spatial Academy at Universidad de Las Américas in Santiago de Chile, reflecting on it as a model of radical pedagogy t

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