This will help you know the different types of communities, especially for the senior high school students who took humanities and social sciences as their preparation for tertiary level.
9. Community Typologies
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
-ideal types of human associations found in
communities. They were develop by German
sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies in his classic
work Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft published
in 1887.
10. Gemeinschaft
-refers to human associations that are
characterized by being intimate, informal, caring,
homogenous and group welfare-oriented.
Gesellschaft
-pertains to human associations that are
characterized by being impersonal, formal,
rational, heterogenous and individualistically
oriented.
11. Urban, Rural, Suburban and Rurban
Urban Communities
-are cities or big towns where there
is a large, high density, and
heterogeneous population.
-space is maximized to build public
and private infrastructure such as
houses, business, road, bridges etc.
12. Urban, Rural, Suburban and Rurban
Rural Communities
-are territorial enclaves or villages
where there is small, low density,
and homogeneous population.
-lots of open spaces for vegetation
and the natural environment.
13. Urban, Rural, Suburban and Rurban
Suburban Communities
-are residential or mix-used areas
located at the city outskirts or
within the commuting distance of a
city. Spaces in suburban areas are
devoted for housing subdivisions,
small offices buildings with four to
12 floors.
14. Urban, Rural, Suburban and Rurban
Rurban Communities
-are communities that have both
urban and rural characteristics.
-people from different urban slum
communities are relocated to
housing settlements found in the
outskirts of rural areas.
15. LOCAL AND GLOBAL
COMMUNITIES
Local Community
-a term often used to denote a
geographical bounded community such
as territorial enclave, village, barangay,
town, city, municipality, province, region
or even an entire country depending on
the point of reference.
16. LOCAL AND GLOBAL
COMMUNITIES
Global Community
-a term used to characterize the
interconnectivity of people or countries
all over the world.
-became popular with the integration of
economies among countries and the
formation of international governments.
17. Community Sectors
-it refer to the subdivisions of
society that represent clusters
of social institutions according
to their social, economic, and
political functions.
4 Types of
Community Sectors
Public Sector
Private Sector
Voluntary Sector
For-benefit Sector
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18. Public Sector
-a term referto the government
and its agencies.
-it is responsible for promoting
the common good, providing
security from external threats,
and maintaining peace and
order.
19. Private Sector
-is used to refer to businesses
or enterprises that are
responsible for producing
goods and services to meet
people's needs and wants,
promoting economic growth
and generating wealth.
20. Voluntary Sector
-also known as nonprofit organizations,
is a term usually reserved for NGOs,
faith-based organizations, civil society
organizations that promote the
development of the full potential of
human beings, safeguard their human
rights, and pursue sociocivic causes for
the good of humanity and the
environment.
21. For-benefit Sector
-also known as for-benefit
corporations, is a hybrid
merger of the characteristics
found in private and public
sectors.
22. SOCIAL SPACE
is either a geographical or a virtual
community where the people gather or
network with one another due to common
interests.
23. Geographical community
example of social spaces,
public parks, clubs,
gymnasiums,town squares,
or any public area where
people meet and interact
with one another.
24. VIRTUAL community
social space refers to electronic
hubs or forums where people
use the Internet and other
social media outlets or
platforms as a channel of
communication, interaction,
and exhange of ideas.