{"title":"Sustainable Community Development: A Social Approach from Vietnam","authors":"M. Hibbard, Chin Chun Tang","doi":"10.1080/15575330409490134","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable development has emerged over the past few decades as an important paradigm for community development. In searching for ways to achieve a balance among the social, economic, and ecological health of communities, Western scholars and practitioners concerned with sustainable development have generally given priority to environmentally-oriented frameworks. However, in places with different cultural and political characteristics and material conditions compared to the industrialized West, a human-oriented, social approach to sustainable development can be observed. This article describes and analyzes how sustainable development is being approached using a non- Western, non-environmentally-oriented approach. We present a case study of a mangrove management program in Southern Vietnam to illustrate such a social approach to sustainability - through collaborative efforts among government, quasi-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities. We emphasize the role of women in development efforts.","PeriodicalId":85029,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Community Development Society","volume":"193 1","pages":"104 - 87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"20","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Community Development Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15575330409490134","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Sustainable development has emerged over the past few decades as an important paradigm for community development. In searching for ways to achieve a balance among the social, economic, and ecological health of communities, Western scholars and practitioners concerned with sustainable development have generally given priority to environmentally-oriented frameworks. However, in places with different cultural and political characteristics and material conditions compared to the industrialized West, a human-oriented, social approach to sustainable development can be observed. This article describes and analyzes how sustainable development is being approached using a non- Western, non-environmentally-oriented approach. We present a case study of a mangrove management program in Southern Vietnam to illustrate such a social approach to sustainability - through collaborative efforts among government, quasi-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities. We emphasize the role of women in development efforts.