Community development involves initiatives by individuals or groups to improve social, economic or environmental conditions within their community through collective action.
Consider community development like building with LEGO blocks. Each block represents a different initiative or project, and when they're all put together, you have a stronger, more vibrant community.
Urbanization: The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas.
Sustainable Development: Economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources.
Gentrification: The process of renovating deteriorated urban neighborhoods through the influx of more affluent residents.
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