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To help everyone in “getting on the same page” the first four chapters of this book provided a broad, all-inclusive, and integrated primer of the process of sustainable development. I hoped to equip the student, the practitioner, and anyone from a community with the understanding and the tools they will need in developing a second nature in the practice of sustainable development. A significant change in mindset is necessary so that the actual operation and practice of sustainable development will become part of the subconscious, always present when thinking and acting in the context of community development. The concepts, theories, and practices presented in preceding chapters provide the foundation upon which everything else in this book is talked about—the pedestal upon which community development is supported and the glue which cements the different pieces communities need in order to provide solid, long-lasting solutions to problems they want to eliminate in their improvement efforts.
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Flint, R.W. (2013). Evaluating Community Knowledge Assets and Resources. In: Practice of Sustainable Community Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5100-6_5
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