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Community Development – Current Issues Series

Series Editor: Rhonda Phillips, Paul Lachapelle

The Community Development Society (CDS) in conjunction with Routledge/Taylor & Francis is pleased to present this series of volumes on current issues in community development. The series is designed to present books organized around special topics or themes, promoting exploration of timely and relevant issues impacting both community development practice and research. Building on a rich history of over 40 years of publishing the journal, Community Development, the series will provide reprints of special issues and collections from the journal. Each volume is updated with the editor’s introductory chapter, bringing together current applications around the topical theme.

Founded in 1970, the Community Development Society is a professional association serving both researchers and practitioners. CDS actively promotes the continued advancement of the practice and knowledge base of community development.

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  1. Local Food and Community Development

    Edited by Gary Paul Green, Rhonda Phillips

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    Food has become an essential component in community development practice. Whether in reference to building a local or regional food system or addressing food insecurity, food has become a focus in community development approaches in many localities. Farmers markets, community gardens,...

    Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Community Leadership Development

    A Compendium of Theory, Research, and Application

    Edited by Mark A. Brennan

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    The development of leadership capacities addresses a vital and continuing need in communities and organizations as they attempt to adapt to a wide range of social, economic, environmental, and political changes. Leadership development activities that focus on building new skills and ...

    Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge

  3. Community Development Approaches to Improving Public Health

    Edited by Robert Ogilvie

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    As the rates of chronic diseases, like diabetes, asthma and obesity skyrocket, research is showing that the built environment – the way our cities and towns are developed – contributes to the epidemic rates of these diseases. It is unlikely that those who planned and developed these places...

    Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Tourism, Planning, and Community Development

    Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Sherma Roberts

    Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

    The intersection of community development, tourism and planning is a fascinating one. Tourism has long been used as a development strategy, in both developed and developing countries, from the national to local levels. These approaches have typically focused on economic dimensions with decisions...

    Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community
    Edited by Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu, Jeffrey Jordan
    To Be Published April 9th 2013
  2. Community Economic Development
    Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Terry Besser
    To Be Published April 16th 2013
  3. Cooperatives and Community Development
    Edited by Vanna Gonzales, Rhonda Phillips
    To Be Published April 18th 2013
  4. Sustainable Rural Development: Sustainable livelihoods and the Community Capitals Framework
    Edited by Mary Emery, Isabel Gutierrez-Montes, Edith Fernandez-Baca
    To Be Published May 13th 2013

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