「永續社區」是任何國家社區工作追求的崇高目標,它包括的不僅是經濟與生態的約衡發展,更含納社會與人群的發展。本文從「永續社區」相關概念出發,分析「永續發展」、「社區發展」與「永續社區發展」的意涵,進而探討「永續社區」的塞礎,包括社會價值、社區能力、社會資本及社會網絡等觀念。本文在描述台灣過去半世紀的社區工作發展歷程後,再分別對1995年之前的社區發展,及1995年後的福利社區化、社區營造及健康社區六星計畫進行分析,進而從政策面、資源面及實務面做省思。本文最後提出四項建議供台灣建構「永續社區」之參考,包括:1.建立一套以「社區價值」為核心的社區政策;2.閉拓有益終累積「社區能力」的社區夥伴關係;3.建構「社區聯盟」的實務運作模式;以及4.營造各類社會資本並重的「永續社區發展」路徑。
”Sustainable Community” is a summit goal for community work practice at any country. It not only includes economic and ecological development, but also takes the social and human development into consideration. This article developed from the concept of sustainable community aims to analyze the connotations of ”sustainable development”, ”community development” and ”sustainable community development”, and to explore the infrastructure of sustainable community, including the social value, community capacity and social capital. After analyzing the journey of community work development of the past half century in Taiwan, this article is oriented to analyze the community development before 1995 and community-based welfare service, community building and the Six-star Project of Healthy Community after 1995. Based on these reviews and analyses, this study examines the past development from the aspects of policy, resources and practices. After discussion, this paper is ended by providing suggestions for constructing ”sustainable community” in Taiwan, including: (1) to make a set of community policy which takes ”social value” as core, (2) to create community partnership which is beneficial to the accumulation of community social capital, (3) to construct a ”community alliance model” for the operation of community practice, and (4) to build a pathway of ”sustainable community development” which is equally emphasized on various social capital.