Community development in the UK - possibilities and paradoxes

Gilchrist, Alison

doi:10.1093/cdj/38.1.16

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“…First, it is difficult to be emphatic that it is community-based tourism that centres on the involvement of the villagers in planning and maintaining tourism development in order to create a more sustainable industry (Hall, 1996). Second, community development is being achieved but it may not yet meet Gilchrist's (2003) standard of a sustainable community being based on social impartiality and mutual respect.…”

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Can Hybrid Tourism be Sustainable? White Water Rafting in Songpraek Village, Thailand

Tirasatayapitak

Chaiyasain

Beeton

2014

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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The paper reports a study from Southern Thailand where white water rafting (WWR) has produced significant community development benefits to Ban Songpraek Village; yet the future is challenging. This study investigates the origins, growth and management of the WWR enterprises and the perceived impacts of tourism on the village. Using qualitative and quantitative methods the results show a complex situation as tourism benefits accrued to the village and the residents' response to these benefits creates dependency. The village is a rear example of partial empowerment of the indigenous community yet to achieve sustainability; the study suggests that villages need to be further empowered to determine the preferred level of tourism growth in the village. To achieve this, the integration of WWR tourism with other resource-based activities and the regulation of the tourism activities is required.

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Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Hybrid Tourism be Sustainable? White Water Rafting in Songpraek Village, Thailand

Tirasatayapitak

Chaiyasain

Beeton

2014

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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“…. the capacity of local populations to respond collectively to events and issues that affect them' (Gilchrist, 2003;16). Central to such approaches is the concept of engaging communities in defining their own problems and seeking their own solutions to them.…”

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Child protection in the community: a community development approach

Wright

2004

Child Abuse Review

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This article describes the development of a community work project which aims to address issues relating to the safety of children within their communities. The project's work is underpinned by an ecological theory of child abuse and embraces a community development approach. The approach aims to engage local communities in defining issues relevant to them and in identifying strategies for addressing these issues. The project has engaged in a mixture of direct service delivery, influencing and networking activities and 'community capacity building' activities. As the project has developed, the remit of its work has become increasingly defined by local people. Market research was undertaken to promote an understanding of the things that children and parents felt affected children's safety locally. A community conference was organized to promote awareness about the issues that were identified and to engage local policy-makers and professionals in discussing potential solutions with community members. A youth forum has been established to enable young people to influence local decision-making about issues that affect their safety and well-being within the community. The community development approach is seen as being effective in helping young people to influence their environment and in reducing vulnerability through promoting self-esteem.

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“…Within this economic climate Salvaris (2000) notes a significant movement towards indicators and benchmarks in community-based projects to measure social improvements. The idea of building social capital has gained national and international attention (Gilchrist 2003;Cox 1995) and is an increasingly linked discourse to community development, particularly in terms of it being an outcome to community development practise. Similarly the notion of 'capacity building' within communities to increase the ability of the community to respond to its own needs, links firmly to community development ideas of local resourcing and community participation.…”

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