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Typologies of Community Lesson 5

The document outlines various typologies of communities, categorizing them into formal, informal, urban, rural, global, sectoral, and social space types. Each type is defined by its characteristics, such as structure, purpose, and social dynamics. It also poses questions regarding the classification of communities and the influence of modern technologies on their formation.

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Typologies of Community Lesson 5

The document outlines various typologies of communities, categorizing them into formal, informal, urban, rural, global, sectoral, and social space types. Each type is defined by its characteristics, such as structure, purpose, and social dynamics. It also poses questions regarding the classification of communities and the influence of modern technologies on their formation.

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Typologies of

Community
Understanding Communities:
Typologies and Characteristics
1. FORMAL COMMUNITIES
Formal communities are
groups or organizations with
established structures, rules,
and goals, often involving
designated leadership and
specific membership
requirements.
FORMAL COMMUNITIES
Communities engage in joint activities and discussion, help each other
and share information from each other; they care about their standing
with each other.
 Ecovillage: community with strong ecological focus
 Co-housing communities: both private home shared
common facilities and support neighbor connection
 Co-ops Communities: are cooperative members generally
expense sharing and shared housing communities
 Religious communities: communities that are identified to
be spiritual or religious in nature
2. INFORMAL COMMUNITIES
Communities consist of a set of personal relations, social networks,
common interest and emotional source of motivation:

 Academic Communities: includes schools, colleges and universities


and research laboratories
 Recreation Communities: tourist forums, historic sites or scenic
views
 Retirement Communities: tend to house large number of elderly
people who have left the workforce
3. URBAN COMMUNITIES
Urban community is something
which an individual thought as, an
area with high density of population,
an area with the availability of basic
requirements,.
Area has lots of opportunity of
employment and such an area which
can be considered as life-giving for
luxurious desires of human or
individual.
4. RURAL COMMUNITIES

Areas with low population


density, characterized by
open spaces, agricultural
land, and often a strong
connection to nature.
5. GLOBAL COMMUNITIES

The people or nations of the


world considered as being
closely connected by modern
telecommunications and as
being economically, socially,
and politically
interdependent.
6. SECTORAL TYPE OF COMMUNITIES

This include the voluntary


sector or community sector.
Social activities are
undertaken by organization
that are non-for-profit and
non-governmental.
7. SOCIAL SPACE TYPE OF
COMMUNITIES
Is physical or virtual space such
as social center, online social
media, or other gathering place
where people gather and
interact? Some social spaces such
as town squares or parks are
public places. Others such as pubs
websites or shopping malls are
privately owned and regulated.
1. What makes it easy or difficult to classify
certain communities?
2. Can a community belong to more than one
type? Provide examples.
3. How do modern technologies (like the
internet) impact the formation and
characteristics of communities?

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