contains over 2150 proven solutions from more than 140 countries to the common social, economic and environmental problems of an urbanizing world. It demonstrates the practical ways in which public, private and civil society sectors are working together to improve governance, eradicate poverty, provide access to shelter, land and basic services, protect the environment and support economic development.
So, obviously there's alot of practical wisdom buried in this site. Unfortunatly the site has some annoying bugs in it (many basic navigation options dead end in errors), and it's not the easiest database to work with--but there are great case studies that are readily availible for review.
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These case studies will naturally lead into application oriented discussions: how do we reproduce the "best practices" that occured within social settings similar to ours? A good place to start might be Policy-Link's webpage that offers the "Equitable Development Toolkit" as a resource for furthering the following goals:
the integration of people and place strategies; reduction of local and regional disparities; promotion of "double bottom line" investments; and inclusion of meaningful community voice, participation, and leadership.
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Also, I spent a long time looking for something like this, gave up, and then stumbled upon it by chance: A searchable database of non-profits organized by zip-code! Sweet stuff huh? This can be a great asset when your mapping out the different service organizations in a local neighborhood, town or city. Too bad it doesn't download right into excell or something like that!
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