community participation
81The 519 Church St. Community Centre — communities in the Toronto area.Mission StatementThe Mission Statement of the Commnnity Center reads: The 519 is a meeting place and focal point for its diverse downtown communities. Within a supportive environment, it responds to the needs of… …
82Wireless community network — Setting up a Wi Fi connection Wireless community networks or wireless community projects are the organizations that attempt to take a grassroots approach to providing a viable alternative to municipal wireless networks for consumers. Because of… …
83National Federation of Community Broadcasters — The National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB) is a national membership organization of community oriented, non commercial radio stations, producers, and other organizations and individuals committed to community radio in the United… …
84CERES Community Environment Park — The CERES Community Environment Park, or Centre for Education and Research in Environmental Strategies, is an award winning 10 acre (40,000 m2) urban environmental centre located in urban Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. CERES is pronounced… …
85Rural community vibrancy index — The Rural Community Vibrancy Index is a statistical measure designed by the British Government s Countryside Agency which is meant to measure the potential for, or reality of, community participation in rural settlements.FactorsAssessment… …
86Online participation — Several motivations lead people to contribute to virtual communities. Various online media (i.e. Blogs, Chat rooms, Electronic mailing lists, Internet forums, Wikis), are becoming ever greater knowledge sharing resources. Many of these… …
87Online community of practice — An Online Community of Practice (OCoP), also known as a Virtual Community of Practice, is a Community of Practice that is developed on, and is maintained using the Internet. To qualify as an OCoP, the characteristics of a Community in Practice… …
88Sense of community — (or psychological sense of community) is a concept in community psychology and social psychology, as well as in several other research disciplines, such as urban sociology, which focuses on the experience of community rather than its structure,… …
89Public participation — is a political principle or practice, and may also recognised as a right (right to public participation). The terms public participation may be used interchangeably with the concept or practice of stakeholder engagement and/or popular… …
90Legitimate peripheral participation — (LPP) is a theoretical description of how newcomers become experienced members and eventually old timers of a community of practice or collaborative project. According to LPP, newcomers become members of a community initially by participating in… …
