Asset-based community development is an academic concept and methodological framework that emphasizes identifying, mapping, and mobilizing the existing strengths, skills, and resources residing within communities. It investigates how communities can leverage these internal assets—including individuals' talents, local associations, institutions, and physical resources—to drive their own development processes. Characterized by its focus on local capacity, participation, and endogenous growth, its significance lies in promoting sustainable, self-reliant, and equitable community change by shifting the focus from deficit-based problem-solving to asset-based opportunity creation.