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The document discusses the definition and nature of communities. It defines a community as a group of people who occupy a common territory, share traditions and cultural heritage, and are served by local institutions. It lists four types of communities and discusses some key aspects of communities including fuzzy boundaries and communities existing within larger communities. It also outlines the importance of understanding a community, including providing benchmarking data and information for project planning and development.

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Community

The document discusses the definition and nature of communities. It defines a community as a group of people who occupy a common territory, share traditions and cultural heritage, and are served by local institutions. It lists four types of communities and discusses some key aspects of communities including fuzzy boundaries and communities existing within larger communities. It also outlines the importance of understanding a community, including providing benchmarking data and information for project planning and development.

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Community - It is defined by their common cultural heritage, language,

beliefs and shared interests. They may be classified as small such as small
place based community of a barangay or coastal village.

Community is where the people work play and live. It is a group of people
who occupy a common contigous territory, possessed a common sets
of traditions associated with their living together in that territory, and served by
a set of local institutions in which the people are conscious of their common
interest.

4 types of community
- Rural
- Urban
- Sub urban
- Slum

The Nature of community


1. A community is a sociological construct - it is a sociological construct a
set of interactions or human behaviors that have meaning and expectations
between its members.
2. A community has fuzzy boundaries - when a community is a little village
by a few kilometers from other villages in a rural area, its boundaries appear
at first to be very simple.
3. A community can exist within a larger community - there may be
communities within larger communities, including districts, regions, ethnic
groups, nations, and other boundaries.
4. A community may move - when technology is not based on local
horticulture, the community residents may be physically mobile. They may be
nomadic herders walking long distance with their cattle.

The importance of understanding a community and its gains.


Provides benchmarking data - before the undertaking of any community
action or development intervention like a community project. It is important to
establish benchmark data.
Provides preliminary project planning information - it is necessay to
secure community information and feedback needed for the conceptualization
of a project design or plan.
Provides an idea of the community’s strengths and challenges - An in-
depth understanding of community’s strengths and challenges guides the
community based project development.
Provides an opportunity to understand the community’s dominant rules
and norms - It is the intensity or degree of reactions or sensitivities of the
community members is affected by those rules and norms. A successful
community project requires a consideration or those rules and norms.
Makes networking and partnership building more favorable - by having
an idea of the different advocacy and interest groups in community, it is easier
for people from schools, institutions, or groups to partner with local network
association. gets project
Implementation less complicated - Without a good grasp of the
community they are aimed at, project develeopment and implementation
become complicated and stressful.

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