Community Analysis
The community analysis assignment is designed to introduce students to the process of community involvement and how to identify stakeholders, conduct a needs assessment, and plan of action.
1. Article entitled: Model of Neighborhood Change” 1983-Schwirian-Models-of-Neighborhood-Change.pdf
2. Read the article
3. Summarize the article according to the following instructions:
- Introduction
- Basic Concepts (neighborhood defined)
- Neighborhood as Natural Areas
- Neighborhood as Social Areas
- Neighborhoods as Interaction Systems
- Recent Themes in Neighborhood Research
- Classic Models of Neighborhood Change
- Invasion-Succession
- Neighborhood Life Cycle
- Current Perspectives on Neighborhood Change
- Demographic Ecological
- Socio-Cultural/Organizational
- Political-Economy
- Social-Movements
- Revitalization and Gentrification
- Closing Remarks
