Handbook of Community Well-Being Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Community Functioning That Fosters Sustainable Social Well-Being....Pages 3-10
Punk Rock Wisdom: An Emancipative Psychological Social Capital Approach to Community Well-Being....Pages 11-38
The ART of Hope: Healing the Wounded City....Pages 39-68
Multi-dimensional Model of Community Well-Being from a Public Service Delivery Perspective....Pages 69-83
Happiness: An Alternative Objective for Sustainable Community Development....Pages 85-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Debriefs as Process Evaluation for Community Well-Being: Community-based Participatory Research with Métis Settlements in Alberta, Canada....Pages 99-113
Achieving Community Well-Being Through Community Participatory Governance: The Case of Saemaul Undong....Pages 115-128
A Citizen-Led Approach to Enhancing Community Well-Being....Pages 129-167
Community Well-Being and Information Technology....Pages 169-188
Festivity, Play, Well-Being … Historical and Rhetorical Relationships: Implications for Communities....Pages 189-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
What We Can Learn from America’s Highest Well-Being Communities....Pages 201-219
Public Health and Urban Planning: Challenging Options for Well-Being: Experiences from Germany....Pages 221-237
Community-Driven Health Impact Assessment and Asset-Based Community Development: An Innovate Path to Community Well-Being....Pages 239-259
The Human Development Approach: Stimulating a Fact-Based Conversation About Improving the Human Condition in Sonoma County, California....Pages 261-273
Community Capacity in End of Life Care: Can a Community Development Model Address Suffering and Enhance Well-Being?....Pages 275-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
From National to Local: Measuring Well-Being at the Community Level....Pages 293-312
Building Well-Being: Neighbourhood Flourishing and Approaches for Participatory Urban Design Intervention....Pages 313-337
Stakeholder Preferences on a Working Waterfront: Quality of Life, Land Uses and Planning Processes in Chelsea, Massachusetts....Pages 339-354
LISADEMAS: A Life Satisfaction Decision-Making System for Integrated Community Development Planning....Pages 355-383
A Geographic and Mixed Methods Approach to Capture Unequal Quality-of-Life Conditions....Pages 385-402
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Distinguishing Flourishing from Distressed Communities: Vulnerability, Resilience and a Systemic Framework to Facilitate Well-Being....Pages 403-421
Measuring Community Well-Being and Individual Well-Being for Public Policy: The Case of the Community Well-Being Atlas....Pages 423-433
Delivering Community Well-Being from the Happy City Concept: A Practical Approach to Urban Planning and Design....Pages 435-452
Front Matter....Pages 453-453
The Role of Community-Based Organizations: The Case of the Saemaul Undong Women’s Club....Pages 455-472
Rural Poverty and Well-Being: Material and Sociocultural Disconnections....Pages 473-486
The Role of Spirituality in Building Capacity for Women’s Leadership in Crisis Conditions: A Community Level Analysis of Burma....Pages 487-503
The Decisive Contribution of Youth to Community Well-Being....Pages 505-521
Community Well-Being and National Well-Being: The Opinion of Young People....Pages 523-530
Understanding the Impact of Alberta’s Early Child Development Community Coalitions on Community Well-Being....Pages 531-545
The Green Machine Mobile Market: An Innovative Response to Food Insecurity in the Bluff City....Pages 547-574
Can Living Wage Be a Win-Win Policy? A Study of Living Wage Effects on Employer and Employee Performance in Hamilton, Canada....Pages 575-592