The introduction and development of the community-flow measurement instrument

Randall Alan Cantrell and Amanda Stafford

Community Development, 2013, vol. 44, issue 3, 305-322

Abstract: This paper provides readers with an understanding of what families desire from community outreach efforts. It does so by specifically asking citizens to express what they want from their community in order to improve its overall performance. Throughout this paper, the concept of increasing the overall performance of the community is examined by introducing a new term into the housing and community development literature -- "community-flow" -- a term that this study uses to measure the overall performance or success of the community, where the community comprises the neighborhood, schools, and elements of public service. Results of this study posit an explanation that can account for about 30% of what constitutes effective overall community performance. These initial findings provide the foundation for further refinement and subsequent testing of the community-flow measurement instrument in order to explain the remaining 70% of what constitutes effective overall community performance.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2012.761640

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