Community design has grown in importance in the public policy agenda over the past decade. This book focuses on the author's experience and work in Minnesota where a design team of architects, planners, economic and community development practitioners provided planning and design assistance to local communities. The book explores the advantages of a systems approach to community design and uses the work of the Minnesota team to consider the issues involved in the implementation of successful community design.

PART ONE: THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN
The Third Wave
A Changing American Landscape
Commmunity
A Wave or a Particle?
Is There a Place for Places in the Community?
PART TWO: METHODS OF COMMUNITY DESIGN
Action Research
The Foundation of Community Design
Community in the Third Dimension
Gauging Community Opinion
Yoüve Gotta Have Connections
Community Design as a Healing Process