COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY AND

CITIZENSHIP

Typologies of
Community
Lesson 4
Typologies of Community
Formal Informal Urban
Communities Communities Communities
Rural Global Sectoral
Communities Communities Communities
Social Space
Communities
 Formal
Formal Group- is formed when people
come together to accomplish specific
goals and objectives
Community
An official group has a particular
structures and roles where
responsibilities of members of the group
are defined
Activities carried by a formal group have
specific guidelines, which members are
supposed to adhere to and follow to
ensure good coordination.
Characteristics of Formal
Community
members are engaging in activities and
discussion

members are helping each other

members are sharing with each other

 Informa Community- is formed when

Informal two or more people come together

to accomplish a specific task which

Community is socially geared

Informal groups are not subjected by

any rules and regulations in the
company.

Members are willingly belong to this

group
 Urban communities are located in

Urban cities.

Community IThese are areas where people live in very

close proximity, and there is almost always
something going on or noise of some kind.

InUrban communities usually have access

to all the latest and greatest things.
 They have lots of resources for large
numbers of people, and they have lots

Urban of housing options.

Community ISometimes cities are going to be expensive

to live in because of the convenience they
offer as well as their access to good jobs

InUrban communities usually have access

to all the latest and greatest things.
 Characteristics of Urban
Community
1. Advancement in Science and Technology
2. Many business establishment, recreational
centers, educational and religious institutions
3. People are crowded
4. Social heterogeneity
5. Class extremes
 Characteristics of Urban
Community
6. Greater Pollution
7. Many crimes are committed
8. Family ties tend to be weak
9. Limited space
10. Greater impersonality among neighbors
11. Higher standard of living
 Characteristics of Urban
Community
12. Shortage of employment
13. Informa settlers are rampant
14. A lot of hazards and dangers
15. Greater number of separation of spouses and
live-in arrangements
16. Major occupations are industrial, administrative
and professional
 Rural communities are places
where the houses are spread
Rural very far apart

Community Many people think that rural

communities as farmland.

This is because, in most rural areas,

people have a quite bit of property and
they have many plants and animals on
their property.
 Rural communities still have towns, but
they are generally smaller and don't
Rural have many buildings and workspaces.

Community In rural communities, you can

have a bit of nature.

In rural communities, you can also be able

to do more with yout land (e g. You like to
grow plants or to have a large garden
 Characteristics of Rural
Community
1. Greater personal interaction
2. Deep, long-term relationship
3. Peace and order exists
4. Mutual give and take affairs
5. Emphasis of shared values
6. Vernacular is usually spoken
 Characteristics of Rural
Community
7. Wider area
8. Influence of blood relationships in decision
making
9. Homogeneous type of culture
10. Belief in supernatural and supertitious beliefs
11. Less pollution
 Characteristics of Rural
Community
12. Fewer establishments and institutions
13. Few goods and services
 Global A global community are the people or
nations of the world, considered as

Community being closely connected by modern

telecommunications.

The quality of global governance is

reflected in each local community
worldwide.
 Characteristics of Global
Communities
1. World community

2. Common point of view toward issues of human

rights, global warming and climate change, peace
and order, socio-economic conditions as well as
disp[uted issues such as territorial conflict.
 Sectoral
Community It describes broad categories- the
public and private sectors

It refers to those community-based

organizations, institutions, and
initiatives
 Community Sectors

1. HEALTH
This includes medical and mental health
professionals (doctors, nurses, psychologists,
and psychotherapist, physical therapiss, etc.),
pharmacists and pharmacies, hospitals and
other in patient facilities, clinics, non-
traditional health practitioners, and public
health agencies and systems.
 Community Sectors

2. EDUCATION
Public and private K-12 schools, public and
private pre-schools, public and private colleges
and universities, school administrators,
teachers, other educational institution
employees, parents, students, state boards of
education, etc.
 Community Sectors

3. LAW ENFORCEMENT
The local and state police, the court
system- judges, probation oficers,
prosecutors, court-appointed defense
lawyers, court-mandated programs for
offenderss, etc.
 Community Sectors

4. GOVERNMENT
Regional, provincial, state, local and
tribal government bureaucracies,
agencies, and officials, both elected and
appointed.
 Community Sectors

5. BUSINESS
This sector can range from the self-
employed carpenter or mom-and-pop
grocery store to the multinational
corporation with a local facility
 Community Sectors

6. YOUTH
Youth themselves and those who work
directly with them (Youth violence
prevention and outreach programs, Boy
Scout clubs, scouting, etc.)
There may be overlap here with the
education, parents, human service, culture
and sports/ recreation sectors
 Community Sectors

7. PARENTS
Whether parents are viewed as a
community sector or not may depend on
the nature of the issue of concern.
They're certainly a sector in the case of
community-wide efforts that benefit or
affect children, but they may not be seen as
a separate group when the issue is care for
 Community Sectors

8. THE MEDIA
The media now includes not only
newspapers, magazines, radio and TV,
but the vast array of blogs, videos,
online news, and other material
available on the internet
 Community Sectors

9. HUMAN SERVICES
This sector generally includes non-profit
professional and volunteer organizations
that provide free or affordable services
such as job, training, food, shelter, elder
services, services for individuals with
physical or mental disabilities, support
 Community Sectors

10. RELIGION
Places of worship and their members
and religious organizations (Knights of
Columbus, B'nai Brith) of all faiths. If a
community is large city, this sector may
inclue hierarchy of a national church as
well.
 Community Sectors

11. SERVICE/ FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Lions, Masons, Rotary,

Kiwanis, and other local and
national or international
service organizations.
 Community Sectors

12. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND VOLUNTEER GROUPS

This might be aimed at political

issues (engaged in advocacy
for or against a particular
action of government)
 Community Sectors

13. CULTURE
The arts community comprises artists of all
stripes – musicians, dancers and
choreographers, writers, actors and directors,
designers, visual artists – as well as arts
organizations, theaters, orchestras, museums,
galleries, and those who work as support staff
in the arts – stagehands, cameramen,
electricians, set builders, etc.
 Community Sectors

14. HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT

In this sector, we find both public and private
non-profit housing agencies and
organizations that provide rent subsidies
and/or affordable housing, as well as
developers who build market-rate and
upscale residential and commercial
properties
 Community Sectors

15. SPORTS AND RECREATION

This sector might include sports clubs, town or
county recreation departments, amateur and
professional athletic associations, public and private
sports and recreation facilities, the YMCA, gyms,
coaches, personal trainers, recreation leaders, and
camp directors, as well as those who participate in
these groups as athletes, spectators, or supporters.
 Community Sectors

16. THE ENVIRONMENT

Individual environmentalists; international, national, and
local environmental organizations (e.g., Greenpeace,
Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club, local preservation
organizations); conservation land trusts; recreational
hunters and fishermen, rock climbers and mountaineers,
wildlife biologists and botanists, ecologists, hikers,
canoers/kayakers, and other outdoorspeople; hydrologists
(water specialists)
 Characteristics of
Community Sectors
a. Voluntary , non-profit and non-governmental
b. Third sector (in contrast to public and private
sector
c. NGOs:Non-governmental organizations
 Examples of Community
Sectors
Non-Profit Organizations
is a business that has been granted
tax-exempt status by the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) because it
furthers a social cause and provides
a public benefit
 Examples of Community
Sectors
Non-governmental Organizations
Organizations which are
independent of government
involvement are known as non-
governmental organizations or NGOs
Non-governmental Organizations
Non-governmental Organizations
Social a physical or a virtual space such as

Space social center, online social media, or

other gathering place where people
gather and interact.

These kinds of spaces should be given

more attention since they serve as
catalyst in the implementation of good
social cohesion in community
Characteristics of Social Space
Environmental infrastructures
Natural and semi-natural (man influenced) green
infrastructure element
Natural spaces
Environment as a social space, place of interaction
Public space/open space related to human’s daily life
Characteristics of Social Space
Green recreation zones
Neutral grounds for different groups to come
together
Social green surrounding
Outdoor space
Safe place, etc.
 Examples of Social Space
Communities
Social Center- These are
community spaces such as buildings
which are used for a range of
disparate activities, which can be
linked only by being not-for-profit
 Examples of Social Space
Communities
Town Squares- This is an
open public space commonly
found in the heart of a
traditional town used for
community gatherings
 Examples of Social Space
Communities
Pubs-
It is a tavern or bar.
 Examples of Social Space
Communities
Shopping Malls- A large building
or series of connected buildings
containing a variety of retail
stores and typically also
restaurants.
 Task 1 (Lesson 4)

1. Describe your community in five (5) sentence only.

2. List down what are the advantages of the type of
community you belong. Give at least five (5) advantages