TYPOLOGI
ES OF
COMMUNI
TY
Learning Targets
1.
Compare and Contrast Typologies of
Communities.
TYPES OF COMMUNITIES
1. Formal 6. Rurban
2. Informal 7. Local
3. Urban 8. Global
4. Rural 9. Sectoral
5. Suburban 10. Social
Space
1. F A formal group is a formed
when people come
O together to accomplish
R specific goals and
M objectives.
A
Some of the common formal
L groups that exists within the
organization or community
include schools, church, hospitals,
government and civic
organization.
Characteristics of
Formal Groups :
- The formal group is
characterized in engaging
joint activities and
discussion, helping each
other, and sharing
information with each
other. Moreover, they care
about their standing with
each other.
Examples of Formal
Communities:
• Academic • Retirement
• Recreation
2. I An informal group is formed
N when two or more people come
F together to accomplish a specific
O task which is mainly socially
R
geared.
M
A Informal groups are not subjected to
L any rules and regulations in the
company, and the members of this
group willingly belong to this group.
There are no explicit guidelines that
govern the operations of an informal
Characteristics of
Informal Groups :
- It consists of a set
of personal relations,
social networks,
common interest and
emotional sources of
motivation.
Examples of
Informal
Communities:
• Co- housing • Co- ops
Communities Communities
• Religious
Communities
3. Urban
Communities
- The term urban simply refers to
the region or area which is
densely populated and possess
the characteristics of the man-
made surroundings.
- Space is maximized to build
public and private infrastructure
such as houses, business, road,
Characteristics of Urban Community:
• Advancement in science and technology
• Many business establishments, recreational centers,
educational and religious institutions
• People are crowded
• Social heterogeneity
• Class extremes Greater pollution
• Many crimes are committed
• Family ties tend to be weak
4. Rural
Communities
- It refers to a small
settlement, which is outside
the boundaries
of a city, commercial or
industrial area.
- Lots of open spaces for
vegetation and the natural
Characteristics of Rural Community:
• Greater personal interaction
• Deep, long-term relationships
• Generally, peace and order
exists
• Mutual give and take affairs
• Emphasis of shared values
5. Suburban
Communities
- are residential or mix-used areas
located at the city outskirts or
within the commuting distance
of a city.
- spaces in suburban areas are
devoted for housing subdivisions,
small offices buildings with four
to 12 floors.
6. Rurban
-Communities
are communities that have both
urban and rural characteristics.
- people from different urban slum
communities are relocated to
housing settlements found in the
outskirts of rural areas.
LOCAL AND GLOBAL
COMMUNITIES
7. Local Community
- a term often used to denote a
geographical bounded community
such as territorial enclave, village,
barangay, town, city, municipality,
province, region or even an entire
country depending on the point of
reference.
LOCAL AND GLOBAL
COMMUNITIES
8. Global Community
- A global community are the
people or nations of the
world, considered as being
closely by modern
telecommunications and
being economically, socially
and politically
Characteristics of
Global Community:
• World community
• Common point of view
toward issues of human
rights, global warming and
climate change, peace and
order, socio-economic
conditions as well as
disputed issues such as
9. Sectoral Community
- Community sectors can mean a
number of different things. In some
cases, it describes broad categories
the public and private sectors, for
example, referring respectively to
those individuals and organizations
that have to do with government in
some way and those that don't.
SECTORS THAT EXISTS IN ALL COMMUNITIES:
1. Health 9. Human Services
2. Education 10. Religion
3. Law 11. Service/Fraternal
Organization
Enforcement
12. Community Activist and
4. Government Volunteer group
5. Business 13. Culture
6. Youth 14. Housing and Development
7. Parents 15. Sports and Recreation
8. The media 16. The Environment
1. Health
- This includes medical and
mental health professionals
(doctors, nurses,
psychologists and
psychotherapists, physical
therapists, etc.), and public
health agencies and
systems.
2. Education
- Public and private K-12
schools, public and private
pre-schools, public and
private colleges and
universities, school
committees, school
administrators, teachers,
other educational institution
employees, parents, students,
3. Law Enforcement
- The local and state police, the
court system - judges,
probation officers, prosecutors,
court-appointed defense
lawyers, court-mandated
programs for offenders, etc.
4. Government
Regional, provincial,
state, local, and tribal
government
bureaucracies,
agencies, and officials,
both elected and
appointed.
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.
6. Youth
- Youth themselves (in the
U.S., generally viewed as
ages 18 and younger) and
those who work directly with
them (youth violence
prevention and outreach
programs, Big Brother/Big
Sister, Boys' and Girls' Clubs,
scouting, etc.)
7. Parents
- They're certainly a sector
in the case of community-
wide efforts that benefit or
otherwise affect children,
but they may not be seen
as a separate group when
the issue is care for
elders.
8. The
media
- The media now includes
not only newspapers and
magazines, radio, and TV,
but the vast array of
blogs, videos, online news,
and other material
available on the Internet.
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,
ABE/ESOL, services for
individuals with physical or
mental disabilities, support and
advocacy for immigrants, etc.
10. Religion
- Places of worship and their
members and religious
organizations (e.g., Knights of
Columbus, B'nai Brith) of all
faiths. If the community is a
larger city, this sector may
include the hierarchy of a
national church as well (a Roman
Catholic archbishop, for
instance.)
1. Service/Fraternal Organization
- The Lions,
Masons, Rotary,
Kiwanis, and other
local and national
or international
service
organizations.
12. Community Activist and
Volunteer Work
- These might be aimed at
political issues (engaged in
advocacy for or against a
particular action of government),
supportive of existing institutions
("Friends of" the local park, a
school playground volunteer
corps), etc.
13. Culture
The arts community
comprises artists of all stripes
musicians, dancers and
choreographers, writers,
actors and directors,
designers, visual artists and
those who work as support
staff in the arts cameramen,
electricians, set builders, etc.
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.
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, as well as
those who participate in these
groups as athletes, spectators,
16. Environment
Individual
environmentalists;
international, national,
and local environmental
organizations (e.g.,
Greenpeace, Friends of
the Earth, the Sierra
Club, local preservation
organizations), etc.
Characteristics of Sectoral Communities:
• Voluntary, non-profit and non-
governmental
• Third sector (in contrast to public
and private sector)
• NGOS:Non-governmental
organizations
Examples of Sectoral
Communities:
1. Non-profit 2. Non-governmental
organization organization
- A nonprofit - Organizations which are
organization is a independent of
business that has been government involvement
granted tax-exempt are known as non-
status by the Internal governmental
Revenue Service (IRS) organizations or NGOs or
because it furthers a non-government
10. SOCIAL SPACE
A social space is a physical
or a virtual space such as
social center, online social
media, or other gathering
place where people gather
and interact.
Characteristics of Social Space:
• Environmental infrastructures
• Natural and semi-natural (man influenced) green
infrastructure elements
• Natural spaces
• Environment as a social space, place of
interaction
• Public space/open space related to human's daily
life
• Green recreation zones
• Neutral grounds for different groups to come
together
•
Examples of Social
Space
Communities:
1. 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:
2. 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:
3. Parks- A park is
an area of natural,
semi-natural or
planted space set
aside for human
enjoyment and
recreation or for the
protection of wildlife
or natural habitats.
Examples of Social
Space
Communities:
4. Pubs- It is a
tavern or bar.
5. Shopping Malls- A
large building or series of
connected buildings
containing a variety of
retail stores and typically
also restaurants.
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