10 ELEMENTS OF

COMMUNITY
REPORTER : Merry Joy F. Oberes
 WHAT IS
COMMUNITY?
According to Meriam
Webster *a group of people
with a common characteristic
or interest living together
within a larger society.

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 1. Housing - The housing
element sets standards for
new and existing homes in
the community, covering
everything from size to style
to color.
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 2. Design – Particularly when the
community is being built from
scratch, the general plan includes a
design element that includes
standards as well as the principle or
philosophy of the community's
layout.

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 3. Transportation and transit – The
transportation and transit element includes the
design of transportation systems in or around
the community, and the type of transit systems
that access the community. The plan shows
terminals, harbors, airports, viaducts, rights-of-
way, streetcar or trolley lines, and ports.

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 4. Circulation – Related to transportation and
transit is the plan's circulation element. This
element governs movement in and out of the
community and within the community, and
includes the system of public streets and
sidewalks, how streets are named and
numbered, type and number of parking
facilities, and the system of traffic signs and
signals.

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 5. Public buildings – The general plan
includes the placement and layout of
public buildings such as police stations,
fire stations, hospitals, public libraries,
schools, utility facilities, and community
centers.

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 6. Public services – Related to the plan
for public buildings is the plan for
public facilities, such as utility systems,
water and sewer services, trash and
recycling disposal, and emergency
warning or evacuation plans.

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 7. Recreation – Most general plans include
a recreation element that might be as simple
as the designation of land for parks and
playgrounds, or as intricate as a system for
environmental preservation, the use of
waterways and beaches, or community
pools, gardens, or athletic facilities.

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 8. Historical – Even brand-new
communities may be obligated by law to
preserve trees or natural landscapes for their
historical or archeological significance. In
addition, the general plan can include a
methodology for identifying and establishing
sites and structures as historically
significant.

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 9. Environmental – The general plan
may set aside certain areas or a certain
percentage of the entire development for
environmental preservation or study, and
it may contain prohibitions against uses
in all or part of the community that
endanger the environment.

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 10. Redevelopment –The redevelopment
element addresses the aging community
and the need to raze and rebuild areas that
have become blighted over time or are no
longer compatible with their original use.

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 13 Most Important
Characteristics or
Elements of
Community
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 1. A group of people – is the most
fundamental or essential
characteristic or element of
community. This group may be
small or large but community
always refers to a group of
people.

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 2. A definite locality – It is the next
important characteristic of a community.
Because community is a territorial
group. A group of people alone can’t
form a community. A group of people
forms a community only when they
reside in a definite territory.

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 3. Community Sentiment - Community
sentiment refers to a strong sense of awe
feeling among the members or a feeling
of belonging together. It refers to a
sentiment of common living that exists
among the members of a locality.

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 4. Naturality – Communities are
naturally organized. It is neither a
product of human will nor created by an
act of government. It grows
spontaneously. Individuals became the
member by birth.

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 5. Permanence – Community is
always a permanent group. It refers
to a permanent living of individuals
within a definite territory. It is not
temporary like that of a crowd or
association.

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 6. Similarity - The members of a community are
similar in a number of ways. As they live within a
definite locality they lead a common life and
share some common ends. Among the members
similarity in language, culture, customs, and
traditions and in many other things is observed.
Similarities in these respects are responsible for
the development of community sentiment.

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 7. Wider Ends – A community has
wider ends. Members of a
community associate not for the
fulfillment of a particular end but for
a variety of ends. These are natural
for a community.

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 8. Total organized social life – A
community is marked by total
organized social life. It means a
community includes all aspects of
social life. Hence a community is a
society in miniature.

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 9. A Particular Name - Every
community has a particular name by
which it is known to the world.
Members of a community are also
identified by that name. For example
people living in Odisha is known as
odia.

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 10. No Legal Status - A community
has no legal status because it is not a
legal person. It has no rights and
duties in the eyes of law. It is not
created by the law of the land.

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 11. Size of Community - A community is
classified on the basis of it’s size. It may be
big or small. Village is an example of a
small community whereas a nation or even
the world is an example of a big community.
Both the type of community are essential for
human life.

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 12. Concrete Nature - A community
is concrete in nature. As it refers to a
group of people living in a particular
locality we can see its existence.
Hence it is concrete.

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 13. A community exists
within society and possesses
distinguishable structure
which distinguishes it from
others.

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Thank you