Community and Community Development in Resource-Based Areas: Operational Definitions Rooted in an Interactional Perspective
Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: An understanding of community development in resource-based areas must begin with an awareness of what a community is and how it develops. In this article I provide a conceptual foundation for operational definitions of community and community development. The proposed working definitions are grounded in sociological theory and empirical research. This endeavor is timely since so much of our social, economic, and political rhetoric makes reference to these two concepts yet fails to provide adequate interpretations for the terms.
Source: Society & Natural Resources
Author: Gene L. Theodori
Institution: Texas A&M University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2121496444