Strategies and Agents of Community Well-Being

Kravetz, Katharine

doi:10.1057/978-1-137-56109-1_4

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“…income sufficiency) (Lee & Kim, 2015); the Social Dimension (e.g. community spirit and cohesion, trust, participation) (Dolan, 2008;Kravetz, 2017;Sirgy et al, 2010); the Environmental Dimension (e.g. environmental quality and sustainability) (Diener et al, 2009;Kottke et al, 2017;Walton et al, 2014); the Political Dimension (e.g.…”

Section: Literature On Community Well-being Community Development and Philanthropymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The process involved in such development would entail "organization, facilitation, and action which allows people to establish ways to create the community they want to reside in" (Matarrita-Cascante & Brennan, 2012, p. 297). This type of community development is geared to addressing the social and political (and also health) dimensions of community well-being (Kravetz, 2017;Ledwith, 2020), although a variety of community development projects also incorporate some elements of economic, environmental, services, and facilities dimensions of community well-being (Wilson, 2019).…”

Section: Literature On Community Well-being Community Development and Philanthropymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A common narrative is essential to a community development system, responding to a unique context in a given city. Thus, it is important for each city to marshal a citywide effort to lead a collaborative process in defining community well-being and developing its own common narrative (Kravetz, 2017;Lee et al, 2014;Palmer, 2020).…”

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“…Through the PAR process, the participants decided that neighborhood vitality is more appropriate for Detroit's context while simultaneously addressing the well-being of the community within a broad framework of neighborhood vitality (Initiative Consultants, 2017a, b). To create an equitable and sustainable community development system for any city-and Detroit is no exception in this regard-key stakeholders must articulate a common narrative, whether it focuses on quality of life, health, or community well-being (Kravetz, 2017;Lee et al, 2014).…”

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“…For example, community well-being may focus primarily on health (Palmer, 2020) and the private sector can play a significant role in community well-being (Rela et al, 2020), while social cohesion is a key driver of improved community well-being (Cramm et al, 2013;Kim, 2020a, b). Such variability encourages local stakeholders to carefully assess similarities and differences between community well-being and community development and to consider an alignment that is more suitable, sustainable, or appropriate for the unique local context (Kravetz, 2017).…”

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What Kind of Community Development System Can Effectively Support Citywide Philanthropic Efforts to Promote Community Well-Being?

Kim

2021

Int. Journal of Com. WB

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How can the efforts of philanthropic agencies be better supported to promote citywide community well-being? To address this question, this article uses a citywide, engagement-driven initiative led by local practitioners that took place in Detroit between 2016 and 2019. This article is based on the initiative's two main outcomes, namely the identification of seven elements of an effective community development system and a vitality framework designed to measure community progress and success. The author of this article conducted participant observation, interviews, and a literature review, as well as site visits to, and case studies on, four best-practice cities, and then used the outcomes to validate the results of the initiative. Informed by the outcomes of the initiative and the research, the article suggests how best to utilize the seven community development system elements and the vitality success framework effectively to support philanthropy that promotes community well-being. This article focuses on theory-building in Detroit and calls for empirical research to further validate the findings. The article provides useful insights into the benefits of community-based research and citywide engagement as essential components of an effective community development system that can coordinate philanthropic practice more effectively to promote community well-being.

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