Asset-based development and neighborhood capacity
3 resources
John P. Kretzmann & John L. McKnight
The canonical Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) guide — lessons from hundreds of U.S. neighborhoods on mobilizing local assets rather than deficit models.
Our Community Asset Mapping best practice is rooted in ABCD Institute methods. This is the book we would assign to any steward implementing asset-based work.
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Cormac Russell & John McKnight
Asset-based community development in practice — uncovering neighborhood gifts and connecting neighbors for change.
Successor ABCD work for our Collective Impact best practice — neighbor-to-neighbor capacity before institutional programs.
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Dolores Hayden
Social history of urban space — gender, race, and ethnicity in public history, preservation, and cultural landscape work.
Canonical text for cultural asset mapping and place-based memory. Extends our Cultural Asset Mapping best practice.
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