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    The document defines and describes different typologies of communities. It discusses formal vs informal communities based on their legal structure, as well as rural, suburban, and urban communities based on population density and infrastructure. Local communities are defined as those within a shared geographic location, while global communities include all people across all lands and their interconnected economic and political systems. The document also proposes types of communities including communities of interest, action, place, practice, and circumstances - grouped based on shared identities, locations, activities, or external situations.

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    WHAT ARE THE TYPOLOGIES OF

    A COMMUNITY
    Subtitle
    TYPES OF COMMUNITIES
    • FORMAL – INFORMAL
    • RURAL – SUBURBAN – URBAN
    • LOCAL - GLOBAL
    FORMAL – INFORMAL (Communities organized
    according to legal structure)
    Formal Informal
    • Approved or legal structures are in place for • Areas where groups of housing units have
    the community’s housing, basic amenities, been constructed on land that the occupants
    public utilities and even security. have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally .
    • Residents may be formally organized (e.g • Residents lack access to critical resources
    home owners’ associations) and formal infrastructures, like sufficient
    living space, health care, utilities and
    sanitation.
    FORMAL – INFORMAL (Communities organized
    according to legal structure)
    Rural Suburban Urban
    • Found outside urban • Mixed use or residential • Highly industrialized
    communities or cities areas • More population-dense both
    • Often agricultural farm • Existing either as part of a rural and suburban
    lands, plains, deserts and city or urban area as a communities
    grassroots separate residential • Extensive systems are
    • Building and business may community with commuting usually in place for housing
    be spread out over large distance of a city , sanitation, utilities, land
    distances • Example include subdivision use, transportation and
    • People live far apart from and clusters of residential communication
    one another houses found in the outskirt • Examples are condominium
    • Examples include provincial of big cities buildings and residential
    towns and farmlands. houses with the city center.
    LOCAL – GLOBAL (Communities organized according
    to political, economic, and geographic boundaries)
    Local Global
    • A group of interacting people living in a • Includes all people in all lands and their
    common location government.
    • Social cohesion with in a shared geographic • In a political context, refers to an
    location international aggregate of nation state
    • Generally in social units larger than a • In terms of economics, refers to an
    household international and interdependent network of
    goods and services.
    Proposed type of community
    Purpose Description
    Communities of interest Identity – based communities of people who
    share the same interest or passion
    Communities of action Identity – based communities of people with the
    same advocacy or push for change
    Communities of place Location – based communities. These are
    people brought together by geographic
    boundaries
    Communities of practice Organizationally – based communities of people
    in the same profession or those who undertake
    the same activities. These may also be people in
    the same economic enterprises or professional
    associations.
    Communities of circumstances Communities of people brought together by
    external events or situations.

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