Social (In)equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life

Edited by Patsy Kraeger, Associate Professor, California State University, Bakersfield, US, M. Rezaul Islam, Professor, Institute of Social Welfare and Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Rhonda Phillips, President, Chatham University, US

Contents:

PART I SOCIAL (IN)EQUALITY, COMMUNITY
WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE:
AN OVERVIEW
1 Introduction and overview of social (in)equality,
community well-being and quality of life 2
Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and M. Rezaul Islam
2 A holistic perspective to nurture quality of life and social equity 11
Cornelia C. Walther
3 Community quality of life and socio-spatial inequalities 36
Graciela Tonon, Javier Martínez and Claudia Mikkelsen
4 Connecting equity, community well-being, and quality
of life via system elements and a common narrative of
community development 49
Joongsub Kim
5 Understanding inequality for European inclusion in SDG
10 of the 2030 United Nations Agenda 79
Nuno Nunes, Rosário Mauritti, Maria do Carmo Botelho,
Sara Franco da Silva, Luís Cabrita and Daniela Craveiro

PART II COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOODS AND
IMPACTS ON EQUALITY AND WELL-BEING
6 Increasing community well-being through school-centered
neighborhood development: the Community Learning
Center Institute in Cincinnati 125
Adelyn Hall and David Varady
7 Becoming resilient: exploring community well-being
through politicized participation in Louisville, Kentucky 149
Angela D. Storey, David Johnson, Victoria Clemons,
Allison Smith, Daniel DeCaro and Lauren Heberle
8 In between rural and urban: a neighborhood called Fikirtepe 170
Cem Topçu and Emine Ümran Topçu

PART III INCOME, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL
CHANGE: IMPACTS ON WELL-BEING AND
QUALITY OF LIFE
9 ‘I suppose if you’re not given the tools to get out of the
shit, how are you going to get out of the shit?’: a critical
analysis of the use of social capital to address community
wellbeing and social inequality in time banking 182
Juliette Wilson-Thomas
10 Community affluence as a barrier to housing affordability:
the siting of low-income housing tax credit projects and
sustained inequality in Illinois’s capital region 205
Richard Funderburg, Tyrone Dooley, Travis Bland and
Tessica Dooley
11 Launching a Black Equity and Excellence Fund:
improving community well-being through Black-led
social change 227
Dashiell Elliott and Frank Ridzi

PART IV HUMANKIND, EQUALITIES AND WELL-BEING
12 (Un)healthy places: social inequality and healthy aging
from an ecological, developmental perspective 248
Ivis García
13 Improving quality of life among advanced cancer patients
and family caregivers 273
Wanda Kiyah George Albert, Adi Fahrudin, Steward
Lindong and Husmiati Yusuf
14 Reimagining LGBTQ student inclusion and support in schools 284
Matthew L. McClellan
15 Meritocracy, marriage and mating: a cross-country
qualitative analysis between India and the UK/USA 303
Shahla Khan

PART V PLACE-BASED APPROACHES
16 Dispossession of rights through development policies:
inequalities in Siracusa from industrialization to new
urban paradises 324
MariaOlivella Rizza
17 Unpacking informal partnerships and intangible resources
in co-creation of community 350
Anne-Lise K. Velez, Candice Pippin Bodkin, Kate R.
Albrecht and Anne Patrick
18 The nexus between urban green space and well-being of
citizens: implication for cities of developing countries 364
Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Isahaque Ali, Sajjad Hossain
Shozib, Babul Hossain, Hrachuhi Galstyan, Md Nuralam
Hossain and Sumaira Khurshid
19 Social inequality and Sustainable Development Goals:
rural–urban disparity in Bangladesh 386
M. Rezaul Islam
20 Participatory community philanthropy: a pathway for
reducing social (in)equalities 412
Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and Ikeoluwa Akanmu