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Definitions of community

Definition of  community  1 :  a unified body of individuals: such as a :  the people with  common  interests living in a particular area broadly   :  the area itself the problems of a large  community b :  a group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society a  community  of retired persons a monastic  community c :  a body of persons of common and especially professional interests scattered through a larger society the academic  community the scientific  community d :  a body of persons or nations having a common history or common social, economic, and political interests the international  community e :  a group linked by a common policy f :  an interacting population of various kinds of individuals (such as species) in a common location g :  STATE ,  COMMONWEALTH source:https://www.merriam-webster.c...

importance of understanding community dynamics and community action

Community Dynamics is the change and development involved in a community that includes all forms of living organisms.  Community Action is putting communities as the center of the services development and services delivery. This initiative aims to cater the primary needs of the communities before implementing it. In such way, **community action** will help the community dynamics or the degree of improvement of the community. It is important to understand these two because these will propel the success and stability of the communities. They go hand in hand and are proportionally related. Source: Brainly.ph - https://brainly.ph/question/1532455#readmore

community engagement

                              C ommunity Engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, state/regional, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.  There are three categories of engagement: curricular,  outreach and partnership, and  curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships.                     C om munity engagement is about (1) decision making, (2) relationship development, or (3) capacity building. This is interesting, because traditionally community engagement training has adopted the  International Association for Public Participation  Spectrum as its starting point. The limitation of the Spectrum is that it is a very useful framework for community engagement around deci...