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CURRENT ISSUE
Issue 23: 50 Years of reflection
- Topics in Community Development Over 50 Years 2-7
- Building Collaborative Governance and Community Resilience under Socio-spatial Rural Disparities and Environmental Challenges (8-16)
- Book Recommendations (17-21)
PAST ISSUES
- Issue 22: The Pursuit of the Future of Community Development
- Collaborative Property Condition Assessment for Neighborhood Change: An Example of "Community Geography in Buffalo, New York (p. 4-16)
- Radical Walking: Tool, Practice and Implications for Community Development (p. 17-28)
- Building the Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Youth Through Education: Experiences from SCDE, University of Ghana, Legon (p.29-42)
- Word Clouds as a Community Development Tool: Promises and Pitfalls (p. 43 - 55)
- Commentary: The Future of Community Development (p. 56 - 59)
- Issue 21 - Transformative Global Community Development
- Editorial: Transformative Global Community Development (p.3-4)
- The Transformation of the West Virginia Recruitable Communities Program (p. 5-12)
- Strengthening Community-based Veterinary Extension Systems in Smallholder Farming Areas of Zimbabwe (p.12-23)
- A Tool to Reducing Group and Gang Violence in London (p. 24-31)
- Issue 20 - A Refreshed Community Development Practice
- Editorial: Revitalizing Practice: Introduction to a Refreshed Community Development Practice (p. 2-3)
- Are We Using All the Tools in Our Toolkits? Considering Video Recordings for Community Development (p. 5-13)
- Uncovering Hidden Rental Properties (p. 14-35)
- Community-Responsive Behavioral Research: Translating Data for Public Consumption and Decision Making (p. 36-48)
- Community Coaching: Insight into an Emerging Practice (p. 49-55)
- Issue 19 - Conducting Virtual Facilitated Discussions
- Issue 18 - You Get What You Measure: A Process to Determine and Measure Progress in Community Development
- Issue 17 - The Use of Social Networking in Community Development
- Issue 16 - The Waste Solutions Forum: An Innovative and Cooperative Approach to Support the Agriculture Community and Protect Water Quality
- Issue 15 - Options for Farmers, Farmers Markets and Communities: Homebased Fruit and Vegetable Micro Processing
- Issue 14 - Creating Business Networks
- Issue 13 - Using Community Capitals to Build Assets for Positive Community Change
- Issue 12 - Values, Operational Principles, and Models for Universities to Follow While Implementing Development Programs in Diverse, Rural Communities
- Issue 11 - Entrepreneurial Facilitation: Approaches for Boosting Entrepreneurship in Local Economic Development
- Issue 10 - The CAFE Approach: New Tools to Foster Citizen Involvement in the Community Development Process in Small Rural Towns
- Issue 9 - Strategic Partnering: Partnering for Change
- Issue 8 - Capturing the Character of Rural Communities through Tourism Development
- Issue 7 - Large Group Interventions for Whole System Participation, Development and Change
- Issue 6 - Building Community and Commitment to the Future: The Search Conference
- Issue 5 - Analyzing Local Markets
- Issue 4 - Force-Field Analysis: Incorporating Critical Thinking in Goal Setting
- Issue 3 - Taking Action: Community Development Strategies and Tactics
- Issue 2 - Community Development and Business Location Decision Making
- Issue 1 - Community Issues Gathering: A Tool for Resolving Controversy
If you are interested in submitting a manuscript to CD Practice, please contact:
Anne Cafer, CD Practice Editor
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