neighborhoods
Neighborhood Networks
Includes Listing of Neighborhood Networks --Compiled by Ami Voeltz & Cindi Contie
Communities
". . . [A community] must have characteristics which cause it to substantially meet the following criteria:- It must have enough population to support a full cross-section of community services, i.e. schools, including a high school, a major shopping center, etc.
- It must not be so large in size that it would be impractical for any portion to patronize reasonably located community facilities within it.
Sustainable Community Development: A new approach to meeting the challenges of communities
According to the Office of Environmental Assistance, "a sustainable community can persist over generations, enjoying a healthy environment, prosperous economy and vibrant civic life. It does not undermine its social or physical systems of support. Rather, it develops in harmony with the ecological patterns it thrives in."A sustainable community meets its present needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations by developing attitudes and actions that strengthen its economic, environmental, and social frameworks.
