The well-connected communityA networking approach to community development

Gilchrist, Alison

doi:10.1332/policypress/9781847420565.001.0001

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“…While some authors associate this with a sense of loss, recovery and continuation of tradition (Delanty 2010), others construct contemporary communities as complex, dynamic, contingent and networked approaches to maintaining a sense of ''local'' and ''connectedness'' within an increasingly impersonal and globalising world (Crow et al 2002;Gilchrist 2009). In addressing this latter construct, Block (2008) argues that people increasingly ''experience'' community rather than belong to it.…”

Section: Spaces and Times As Organising Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The spaces and times of community farming

Liu

Gilchrist

Taylor³

et al. 2016

Agric Hum Values

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This paper uses a multiple case study approach to researching people's everyday lives and experiences of six community farms and gardens in diverse settings in China and England. We argue that collective understandings of community are bound up in everyday action in particular spaces and times. Successful community farms and gardens are those that are able to provide suitable spaces and times for these actions so that their members can enjoy multiple benefit streams. These benefits are largely universal: in very different situations in both England and China, CSA members make strong connections with the land, the farmers and other members, even in cases where they rarely visit the farms and gardens. This suggests that community farming and gardening initiatives possess multi-dimensional transformational potential. Not only do they offer a buffer against industrialised and remote food systems, but they also represent therapeutic landscapes valued by those who have experienced time spent at or in connection with them. Our findings indicate that-regardless of location or cultural context-these benefits are durable, so that people who have been engaged in multiple activities at a community farm or garden continue to enjoy these benefits long after most of their engagement has ceased.

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Section: Spaces and Times As Organising Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The spaces and times of community farming

Liu

Gilchrist

Taylor³

et al. 2016

Agric Hum Values

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“…Also, a study on social capital in Britain suggests that there is a class factor, with middleclass people being more likely to be members of voluntarily or civic associations while working class households enjoy higher levels of informal sociability (Christ, 2009). The geographical setting either landed or multi-storey housing areas as well as a community with socioeconomic diversity can influence the degree of social capital.…”

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Social Capital and Quality of Life in Multi-storey Housing Neighbourhood Community

Hamdan

Yusof

Marzukhi

et al. 2018

AjQoL

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Social capital is a valuable asset with positive consequences on societal well-being, strengthen neighbourhood and increase the quality of life. The objective of this paper is to analyse a few dimensions of social capital in the multi-storey housing neighbourhoods community with household questionnaires survey of 797 samples. The findings demonstrated the bonding of social capital according to four dimensions. Different neighbourhoods in a different locality with the diversity of its people, and surrounding developments have influenced the pattern of social capital. Social capital in these community creates positive social values that contributes to increasing the quality of life.

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“…The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, a 5-item scale of cultural tourism benefits modified from prior studies [19,22,26,[40][41][42], a 6-item scale of cognitive capital, a 6-item scale of structural capital, a 6-item scale of relational capital based on social capital literature [15,16,34,[43][44][45], and a 4-item scale of attitudes toward aboriginal cultural tourism [15,19,22,44]. A pilot test with 50 questionnaires was conducted in the study area to evaluate the reliability and validity of the measurement scales.…”

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Residents’ Attitude toward Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Development: An Integration of Two Theories

2017

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Abstract:Understanding residents' attitudes is critical for successfully developing cultural tourism in aboriginal protected areas. This study developed an integration model combining two theories to identify the key determinants of indigenous residents' attitudes toward cultural tourism development. Social exchange theory stresses the impact of the benefits derived from tourism on indigenous residents' attitudes toward tourism development. Social capital theory embeds clear rationales for strengthening the internalization process of the formation of residents' shared values and understanding, enabling them to trust each other and thus support tourism development. The present study was conducted within two indigenous communities in Eastern Taiwan. The results revealed that cultural tourism benefits and structural and relational capital effectively predict indigenous residents' attitudes toward tourism development; structural capital plays a critical mediating role in the relationship between tourism benefits and residents' attitudes. The managerial implications provide recommendations for aboriginal community developers or practical sectors to avoid problems or costs caused by tourism development when promoting cultural tourism activities within indigenous communities.

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The well-connected communityA networking approach to community development

Cited by 87 publications

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The spaces and times of community farming

The spaces and times of community farming

Social Capital and Quality of Life in Multi-storey Housing Neighbourhood Community

Residents’ Attitude toward Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Development: An Integration of Two Theories

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