Over the past decade, empirical constraints on the galaxy-dark matter halo
connection have significantly advanced our understanding of galaxy evolution.
Past techniques have focused on connections between halo properties and galaxy
stellar mass and/or star formation rates. Empirical techniques in the next
decade will link halo assembly histories with galaxies' circumgalactic media,
supermassive black holes, morphologies, kinematics, sizes, colors,
metallicities, and transient rates. Uncovering these links will resolve many
critical uncertainties in galaxy formation and will enable much higher-fidelity
mock catalogs essential for interpreting observations. Achieving these results
will require broader and deeper spectroscopic coverage of galaxies and their
circumgalactic media; survey teams will also need to meet several criteria
(cross-comparisons, public access, and covariance matrices) to facilitate
combining data across different surveys. Acting on these recommendations will
continue enabling dramatic progress in both empirical modeling and galaxy
evolution for the next decade.Comment: Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Surve

Behroozi, Peter

Becker, Matthew R.

Bosch, Frank C. van den

Brinchmann, Jarle

Conroy, Charlie

Dickinson, Mark

Hirata, Christopher M.

Hearin, Andrew

Leauthaud, Alexie

Ly, Chun

Mao, Yao-Yuan

Moster, Benjamin P.

O'Donnell, Christine

Papovich, Casey

Rodríguez-Puebla, Aldo

Somerville, Rachel

Tollerud, Erik

Tinker, Jeremy

Wang, Yun

Wechsler, Risa H.

Woodrum, Charity

Zabludoff, Ann

Zaritsky, Dennis

Zentner, Andrew R.

Zhang, Huanian

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For more than twenty-five years, the journal of the Community Development Society has disseminated information on the theory, research, and practice of community development. Biannual publications have contained the most relevant materials that add to our knowledge of community development. While much of the material in the Journal articles has been derived from generally accepted principles, concepts, or practices of community development, from time to time a few of the articles may have attempted to dramatically extend current thinking. We learn by challenging what has been accepted. For generations the social sciences have advanced using some modification of this learning model

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The University of Nebraska, Omaha

Journal of the Community Development Society Vol. 25, No. 02

25th Anniversary Issue: What We Have Learne

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An important function of the Journal of the Community Development Society is to report on research conducted in the field of community development. In particular the research that we report in this journal should have research questions that pertain to the theory and practice of purposive community change. One of the more critical tasks of journal editors, then, is to ensure that proposed articles in fact have appropriate, clear, and relevant research questions. A research question, however, is a multi-faceted creature. As many of us recall from our introductory courses in research methods, there are actually three types of research questions-exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory. These types of research are actually levels of knowledge: exploratory research is the beginning or discovery phase of knowledge, descriptive research is where knowledge is accumulated on a particular topic, and explanatory research is concerned with relationships among things leading to prediction. Editors, of course, strive to have the articles in their journals at the highest level of knowledge: explanatory research. Sometimes, though, knowledge of community development theory and practice needs to be reported even if is not explanatory

Journal of the Community Development Society Vol. 26, No. 02

Good Bye. This editor\u27s note completes my five years as the editor of the Journal of the Community Development Society. It has been a fast and a very important five years. Like most things in this dramatically changing world, in those five years the practice of community development has changed. Likewise the Community Development Society has changed, and I think so has its Journal. Two of these changes are worth noting. First, while still retaining its social science character, the Journal has published articles with broader research questions. In other words, the goals of the articles have changed. While many of the questions still deal with theoretical issues, many also address important issues of community development practice. There are now an equal number of articles that deal with research (or theory) and practice

Journal of the Community Development Society Vol. 27, No. 02

As mentioned in previous editions, one of the critical functions of this journal is to facilitate communication between researchers and practitioners working in community development. It is important to not only report on completed research, as is the major task of most research-based journals, but to also include comments from others who have reviewed the journal articles. Since this journal serves the needs of both researchers and practitioners it is necessary to stimulate a continuing dialogue among both groups on common community development topics

Journal of the Community Development Society Vol. 26, No. 01

This year the Community Development Society continues its movement toward an international organization devoted to the practice and theory of purposive community change by holding its first annual meeting away from North America. The Australian members of CDS have organized a world class conference on community development. It is sure to have an impact on the Society for many years to come. In commemoration of the first  international  conference, this edition of the Journal of the Community Development Society is devoting a significant portion of its articles to research and commentary on community development theory and practice taking place outside the boundaries of the United States

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