REVIEW OF THE

COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS
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What is a community?

Community is a group of people

living in a specific area:

with shared
government,
with common
cultural
and common
historical
heritage.
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Characteristics of a Community

1.Physical
2.Community Self image
3.Community Guiding Values
4.Community Style
5.Structural Characteristics
6.Communication Network
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Types of Community

Rural Urban

Sub
Urban/Rurban
CommunityRURAL
Rural community is an area which is
under development and not civilized,
based on geographical conditions.

The characteristics of rural community

are following: Rural area is sparsely
populated because many people leaves
rural areas and settles in the urban
areas for more facilities. These society
has homogeneity.
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Community URBAN

Urban community is something which an

individual thought as, an area with high density
of population, an area with the availability of
basic requirements, an area of good resources,
the area has lots of opportunity of employment
and such an area which can be considered as
life-giving for luxurious desires of human or
individual.

Manila is the largest urban community in the

Philippines.
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Community URBAN
Sub urban areas are lower density areas that
separate residential and commercial areas
from one another. They are either part of a
city or urban area, or exist as a separate
residential community within commuting
distance of a city.
An example of a suburb is a series of gated
communities outside of a large city. A usually
residential district or separately incorporated
city or town, on or near the outskirts of a
larger city
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Community URBAN
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The Core of the Community
People
History
Values

Characteristics
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PEOPLE
A community is any group of people within a larger society united
through a common location, interest or characteristic.

Barangay villages sometimes grew to include 30 to 100 families,

but the barangays remained isolated from one another.
HISTORY
Community

During
pre colonial period

Spanish period

American period

Present
VALUES
Community

Is something that you give importance

You constantly
practice and use it

and it becomes your

WAY OF LIFE
BELIEFS
Community

an acceptance that a statement

is true or that something exists
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Eight Subsystems of the Community

1. Housing
2. Education
3. Fire and Safety
4. Politics and Government
5. Health
6. Communication
7. Economics
8. Recreation
Community Housing

●What type of housing facilitates are there

in the community?
●Are there enough housing facilities
available?
●Are there housing laws governing the
people?
●What are these?
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Community Education

These includes laws, regulation,

facilities, activities affecting,
education, ratio of health educators
to learners, distribution of educational
facilities, who utilizes these, what
informal educational facilities, and
activities exist in the community.
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Fire and Safety

Fire protection facilities, and

fire prevention activities and
distribution of these.
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Politics and Government

Political structures present in the

community, decision-making
process/pattern leadership styles
observed, etc.
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Community Health

Health facilities and activities

distribution, utilization, ratio
of providers to client served;
priorities in health, programs
develop, etc.
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Communication
Systems, types of communication
existing, forms of
communication, be it formal or
informal; etc.
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Community Economics

Occupation, types of economic

activities, income, etc.
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CommunityRecreation

Recreational activities/facilities; types, consumers,

appropriateness to consumer, etc.
CommunityRecreation

Recreational activities/facilities; types, consumers,

appropriateness to consumer, etc.
CommunityRecreation

Recreational activities/facilities; types, consumers,

appropriateness to consumer, etc.
 ASSIGNMENT
Community
I. Each student is required to come up their own barangay spot map
indicating the following:
1. Physical Features and division according to number of zones, streets,
and purok.
2. Housing sites
3. Education (school)
4. Fire and safety Station
5. Politics & Government (Barangay Hall)
6. Health Center
7. Communication
8. Economics
9. Recreation
II. List of Barangay Officials
III. List of Organizations with their President
IV. List of Barangay needs and problems
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