Community Work as a Key Element and a Condition for Successful Revitalization of Degraded Town District. A Case Study Cover Image

Praca ze społecznością jako element kluczowy i warunek powodzenia programu rewitalizacji zdegradowanych obszarów miasta. Studium przypadku
Community Work as a Key Element and a Condition for Successful Revitalization of Degraded Town District. A Case Study

Author(s): Kazimiera Wódz, Monika Szpoczek‑Sało
Subject(s): Sociology, Rural and urban sociology, Welfare services
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: community work; revitalization; social cohesion; local community

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a concrete example of suitability of methods of community organizing in the revitalization of the degraded district of the city. The issue of revitalization is among the priorities of territorial and social cohesion policy implemented with the support of European funds in its present a financial perspective European Union. Revitalization is understood as the output of a crisis situation of degraded areas by implementation of comprehensive and integrated social, economic and space programs. It has actually gained solid legal grounds from the accepted recently by the Polish Sejm on Revitalization Law on of 23 July 2015 (Dz.U. 2015, poz. 1777). The aim of the article is to point out how in the revitalization programs to build and use the potential of the local community. The authors are not confined to general guidelines but also refer to the practical experience gathered owing to social projects implemented in Lipiny.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 62-86
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish