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Community Asset-based Development

Community Asset-Based Development is an academic framework within community development theory that emphasizes the identification, mobilization, and strategic utilization of existing local strengths, resources, and capacities—rather than focusing on deficiencies—as the foundational driver for sustainable social, economic, and cultural advancement.

223

Publications

10K

Citations

585

Authors

277

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

83

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Publications

223

From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development

Alison Mathie, Gord Cunningham · Development in Practice · 2003 · 830 citations

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Beyond the 'Village' Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents

Peter Benson, Nancy Leffert, Peter C. Scales et al. · Applied Developmental Science · 1998 · 526 citations

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A man on the inside: Unlocking communities as complementary assets

Linus Dahlander, Martin W. Wallin · Research Policy · 2006 · 480 citations

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A capital assets framework for appraising and building capacity for tourism development in aboriginal protected area gateway communities

Nathan Bennett, Raynald Harvey Lemelin, Rhonda Koster et al. · Tourism Management · 2011 · 197 citations

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Who is Driving Development? Reflections on the Transformative Potential of Asset-based Community Development

Alison Mathie, Gord Cunningham · Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement · 2005 · 164 citations

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Authors

585

  1. PC
    Peter C. Scales

    Search Institute, United States

    6 publications · 833 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. PB
    Peter Benson

    Search Institute, United States

    4 publications · 783 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. AM
    Alison Mathie

    St. Francis Xavier University, Canada

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

    4

    h-index

  4. SL
    Sandy Lazarus

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    4 publications · 126 citations

    4

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  5. DC
    Daniel C. West

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    3 publications · 122 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

277

  1. Search Institute

    Minneapolis, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    157 citations

  3. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    206 citations

  4. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    226 citations

  5. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    384 citations

  6. Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu

    Bengkulu, Indonesia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    168 citations

  7. East Carolina University

    Greenville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    97 citations

  8. West Virginia University

    Morgantown, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    126 citations

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Venues

  1. Community Development

    13 publications · 325 citations

    12

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  2. Journal of Community Practice

    5 publications · 236 citations

    5

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  3. Community Development Journal

    5 publications · 269 citations

    5

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  4. Development in Practice

    3 publications · 878 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Sustainability

    3 publications · 80 citations

    3

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