Community of place

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A Community of place is a community of people bound together because of where they reside, work, visit or otherwise spend a continuous portion of their time. Such a community can be a neighborhood, town, coffeehouse, workplace, gathering place, public space or any other geographically-specific place that a number of people share, have in common or visit frequently.

[edit] Concepts

Many prevailing theories of community such as those proposed by the Project for Public Spaces, BetterTogether.org and a host of other Community building efforts suggest that place is among the most criticle aspects of community development and civil society. The concept is that combining a sense of community with a sense of place forms a stable, resilient and cohesive local community adding to the well-being of the larger society. In theory, when an intentional community forms in a certain place, especially within towns and cities, another dimension of effectiveness can be realized, thus making improvements in architecture, civil engineering, planning, zoning, government and many other areas of civil society.

[edit] See also

• Social geography
• Urban planning
• local community

[edit] External links

• Social Capital in Tampa Bay (University of South Florida)
• Ray Oldenburg's Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
• Community - a review of the theory (Infed.org)
• BetterTogether.org an initiative of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America at Harvard University