In a changing and unpredictable world, sustainable community development is less a goal than a dynamic process of working with the resources and information at hand. In order to sustain this dynamic interactive process, communities need to anticipate and respond to these dynamics and nurture...

Research in Canada and Australia has shown that social capital is a necessary condition for sustainable community development as it enhances linking ties that increase access to resources outside the community. Social capital in and of itself, however, is not always sufficient to sustain and...

What makes one community survive an economic downturn, whilst others collapse? What gives one individual the ability to transcend a personal tragedy, whilst others hit the street? Many authors write about the importance of networks and social capital; this article explores the concept of agency,...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1: Vision -- 1 Social Capital and Sustainable Community Development: Is There a Relationship? -- Part 2: Connections -- 2 Ecological and Social Systems: Essential System Conditions -- 3 Social Ecology as a Framework for Understanding and...