Rural is an inexact term that can mean different things to different people, organizations, and governments. Introduction to talk about rural development, we should first know what rural life is first and the differences between rural life and urban life. It is located 15 km north west of zagazig, the provincial capital of alsharkiya. It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens, and professionals to improve various aspects of communities, typically aiming to build stronger and more resilient local communities. World vision water, sanitation, and hygiene wash projects. The focus today is that ruralurban linkages are vital in order to reduce poverty and promote rural and urban development in a sustainable manner. Goreham, deborah bathke, duane gill, daniel klenow, becky koch, kurt.
A summary non exhaustive list of possible qualifications comprises. It describes the steps in the community development process, and the guiding principles that explain why each step in the process is important. Targeting of development programs and allocation of and eligibility of funds from the programs and depends on how rural areas are classified. Download and get help using the adobe acrobat reader to view and print pdf documents.
Like many of the terms around the community work and community education field, the. Community development is an approach rather than a set of predetermined activities. Human development constitutes the foundation on which the first three concepts are based. Introduction there are many different ways of identifying communities. World vision launched the ethiopia rural water project in october 2006 to help improve the lives of poor and vulnerable rural populations in ethiopia. Community development practitioners need to be aware of the current context and be ready to respond to changes in context. Hamer and jessica le veen farr 21 securing grants for community development projects 3 introduction 3. Introduction to rural development rural development. To present the scope and origins of rural development.
The united nations defines community development as a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems. Rural development in india introduction lecture by. Information and translations of rural development in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. A background paper, mimeo, overseas development institute, london, january 2001. Rethinking rural development briefing paper march 2002 march 2002 briefing paper introduction rural development should be central to poverty reduction.
Rengasamy to supplement classroom teaching for rural community development paper in msw community development specialization program of madurai kamaraj universitys affiliated colleges. An introduction and overview article pdf available in growth and change 293. Residents want their children to go to good schools, they want decent. A manual for training community development facilitators compass project 2 gender and appreciative inquiry integrating gender into appreciative inquiry activities is essential. The community development programme of india 2405 words. Community development projects, panchayati raj, cooperative movements are coming under this study. Rural community development new challenges and enduring dilemmas jim cavaye. Rural sociology is a study of social planning relating to rural society. Community development can be viewed as selfhelp, approach to rural development.
Introduction tertiary and regional hospitals are often found in cities and large urban areas district hospitals and primary healthcare clinics are often found in rural areas and are referred to as communitybased institutions. Introduction to rural community development free download as pdf file. It is a process based on the full utilization of all available resourceshuman, natural. Community development methods and strategy introduction in the material on the subject, the nature of community development will be found described as a program, a method, a movement, a philosophy, as well as process. More importantly, strong linkages can contribute to the improvement in the living standards and creation of job opportunities of both rural and urban areas akkoyunlu 20, p. Community development involves approaching each situation separately toidentify pre.
Community residents often are more concerned with daily tasks than thinking about, and coming up with, a vision of their communitys future. Community development has been an important and effective concept to cooling off the heat and drudgery that the people in the rural communities and urban slums go. Pdf rural community development new challenges and. During the first development decades of the 1950s and 1960s, community development cd was actively promoted throughout the developing world as part of the state building process and as a means of. And urban life is basically life in any urban areas. In those instances where employments considered as.
Pdf introduction to community development, chapter 1. Salah arafa, in integrated rural energy planning, 1985. For this reason, the authors have included ideas for integrating gender awareness at every stage of appreciative inquiry. Sustainable development is discussedgenerally in terms of environmental considerations, but from a rural community perspective, sustainable development must address how the people of the community generate the income to maintain their rural lifestyle. Community development has been an important and effective concept to cooling off the heat and drudgery that the people in the rural communities and urban slums go through bonye, aasoglenang, and. Basaisa is a small rural community consisting of 320 people 1983 census, grouped into 62 families, living in 42 households in which the dominant mode of production is traditional agriculture. Madhu bhatia, tutorials point india private limited.
Introduction to rural sociology rural sociology 011. Study and development of village as a smart village. For example, targeting of assistance programs for education, access to medical services, poverty alleviation, and broadband expansion depends on the status of these services in an area. By studying the comparison between these two, it can meet different plans and programmes for the development of rural community. Community, theory and practice, community development, participation. The following key concept will be defined in this work. The civil rights and antipoverty movements led to the. It has been variously described as the magnacarta of hope and happiness for twothirds of indias population, the testament of emancipation, the declaration of war on poverty, ignorance, squalor and disease under. Community development as a strategy to rural development. Unlike mathematics or physics where terms are scienti. These amounts could vary based on the target groups income levels. Successful disaster recovery using the community capitals. Rural areas development offers a revitalized approach to human progress.
Rural community vitality depends on communities maintaining adequate infrastructure, having access to services, enhancing business and economic opportunities and establishing policy settings to foster outcomes. Historical background of rural development in india i introduction. Rural areas development handbook pegs for rural progress rural areas development successful economic improvement in rural areas may best be achieved by well organized planning. In this unit, we shall take a closer look at the term development from a community perspective. In its fi rst fi veyear phase, this project is implementing potable water supply, sanitation, hygiene, and integrated water resources management activities in seven community development areas. The community development process t he community development process can be difficult, timeconsuming, and costly. Report to the north central regional center for rural development by gary a. Introduction to rural community development community. This paper lays out an argument on rural development. We hold the view that the key word in an analysis is process, by which we mean a change in an attitude of mind, whether personal or. Module introduction community development is the second module in the course on social. The village in india holds a unique place, both in the social and economic spheres. Successful disaster recovery using the community capitals framework. The key characteristics of this perspective are that it is focused on processes of structural societal change, it is historical and it has a longterm outlook.
Rural community vitality depends on communities maintaining adequate infrastructure, having access to services, enhancing business and economic opportunities and establishing policy settings to. Introduction to community development introduction the purpose of this paper is to provide a resource for community leaders, volunteers, and citizens who desire to make their community a better place. Trying to define rural is a challenging task in a nation of diverse geography and changing demographics. Community development resources funding resources rural emergency. Theory and practice provides students of community and economic development with a theoretical and practical introduction to the field of community development.
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