This is an extensive guide to identifying and mobilizing community resources. It summarizes lessons learned by studying successful community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods across the U.S. It outlines what local communities can do to start their own journeys down the path of asset-based development.

Kretzmann, John and John McKnight; Evanston, Illinois: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, 1993

http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/community/buildingblurb.html