Arts and Community Well-Being

Abstract

This chapter reviews a broad array of community well-being literature and then specifies the dimensions of community well-being (i.e., individual, social, and economic well-being). Also, the notion of arts and cultural impacts within community well-being dimensions is discussed from several different perspectives. Specifically, this chapter provides an overview of the general concept of community well-being. A number of arts and cultural components that influence community well-being are then discussed. Lastly, based on the literature, this chapter proposes a conceptual model of arts and community well-being which can be used to examine the relationship between arts and cultural assets and community well-being outcomes. NR - 36 PU - SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG PI - CHAM PA - GEWERBESTRASSE 11, CHAM, CH-6330, SWITZERLAND