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process that cannot be reliably identified by visual appearance." } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q718998: community development", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718998", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Community development", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "community-and-development-meaning", "name": "Community and development meaning", "description": "Establishes who constitutes the community and what different constituencies mean by development.", "rationale": "Neither community membership nor desirable development can safely be inferred from a project title, administrative boundary or funder's brief.", "layers": [ { "id": 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leadership and collective decision-making.", "Developing cooperatives, community enterprises and locally controlled economic initiatives.", "Organising collective action around housing, services, environmental conditions and unequal access to resources.", "Community groups selecting and managing local projects through community-driven development programmes." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of community development this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-measurements", "name": "Typical measurements", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ { "quantity": "Participation rate among a defined eligible community", "typical_range": "0-100; the population, activity and reporting period must be specified", "unit": "%" }, { "quantity": "Share of a defined project budget under community decision-making authority", "typical_range": "0-100; authority over allocation must be distinguished from consultation", "unit": "%" } ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-measurements-q01", "text": "Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of community development this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Elite capture, in which influential groups control decisions or benefits.", "Tokenistic participation that solicits views without transferring meaningful influence.", "Exclusion of marginalised residents through inaccessible meetings, language barriers or unpaid participation demands.", "Dependence on short-term external funding, accompanied by volunteer exhaustion or organisational collapse when support ends.", "Local improvements contributing to 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