Community Life Print Resources

Community / Neighborhood Development publication listing from The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Community Quality of Life: How to Carry Out a Community Quality of Life Project
available to order from the University of Toronto

Community and Quality of Life: Data needs for Informed Decision Making
available to order from the National Academies Press

Berkowitz, Bill. Community Dreams: Ideas for Enriching Neighborhood and Community Life. San Luis Obisopo: Impact Publishers, 1984.

Gaventa, Bill, and Sue Henshaw. On the Road to Community Inclusion. The Boggs Center-UAP, P.O. Box 2688, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, 732.235.9300.

Kretzman, Jody, and John McKnight. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets. ACTA Publications, 4848 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60640, 800.397.2282.

McKnight, John. The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits. New York: Basic Books, 1995.

Schwartz, David. Who Cares? Rediscovering Community. Perseus Press/Westview Press. 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301-2877, 303.444.3541.

Shaffer, Carolyn, R., and Kristin Anundsen. Creating Community Anywhere: Finding Support and Connection in a Fragmented World. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigee, 1993.

Walljasper, Jay. The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It Yourself Guide to Placemaking. A Project for Public Spaces Book. 700 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10003, 2007.