Strategy for Strengthening Northern Communities, Using Community Economy Based

Abstract

This research study entitled "Strategies in Strengthening the Upper Northern Communities by Using Community – Based Economy" aims to study factors related to strengthening the upper northern communities and to create strategies in strengthening the upper northern communities by using community – based economy. This research was a quantitative study that employed mixed-method design. The research target group consisted of the group of the leaders and the members of community’s economy, the group of 40 local leaders including both formal and informal, and people from 317 families belonging to the target strong communities. This research instruments were Community Potential Survey, a questionnaire and an Interview. To analyze the data, SPSS was used  for the quantitative data, while the content analysis causal analysis was used for the qualitative data.

The results are as follows:  1) The factors relating to the strengthening the upper northern communities consisted of the Community leader factors, concerning community participation, physical factors, social and cultural and supportive from the development network. 2)  Strategies that strengthened the upper northern community by using community-based economy was "Community Learning to Strengthen" or "LEARN" in includes strategies for finding and developing leaders (L: Leader), strategies for education for development communities (E: Educated), strategies to create a shared ownership attitude       (A: Attitude), strategies for natural resource and environmental development of communities (R: Resource) and network development strategies (N: Network)