Contents: PART I SOCIAL (IN)EQUALITY, COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE: AN OVERVIEW 1 Introduction and overview of social (in)equality, community well-being and quality of life 2 Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and M. Rezaul Islam 2 A holistic perspective to nurture quality of life and social equity 11 Cornelia C. Walther 3 Community quality of life and socio-spatial inequalities 36 Graciela Tonon, Javier Martínez and Claudia Mikkelsen 4 Connecting equity, community well-being, and quality of life via system elements and a common narrative of community development 49 Joongsub Kim 5 Understanding inequality for European inclusion in SDG 10 of the 2030 United Nations Agenda 79 Nuno Nunes, Rosário Mauritti, Maria do Carmo Botelho, Sara Franco da Silva, Luís Cabrita and Daniela Craveiro PART II COMMUNITY, NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPACTS ON EQUALITY AND WELL-BEING 6 Increasing community well-being through school-centered neighborhood development: the Community Learning Center Institute in Cincinnati 125 Adelyn Hall and David Varady 7 Becoming resilient: exploring community well-being through politicized participation in Louisville, Kentucky 149 Angela D. Storey, David Johnson, Victoria Clemons, Allison Smith, Daniel DeCaro and Lauren Heberle 8 In between rural and urban: a neighborhood called Fikirtepe 170 Cem Topçu and Emine Ümran Topçu PART III INCOME, INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: IMPACTS ON WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE 9 ‘I suppose if you’re not given the tools to get out of the shit, how are you going to get out of the shit?’: a critical analysis of the use of social capital to address community wellbeing and social inequality in time banking 182 Juliette Wilson-Thomas 10 Community affluence as a barrier to housing affordability: the siting of low-income housing tax credit projects and sustained inequality in Illinois’s capital region 205 Richard Funderburg, Tyrone Dooley, Travis Bland and Tessica Dooley 11 Launching a Black Equity and Excellence Fund: improving community well-being through Black-led social change 227 Dashiell Elliott and Frank Ridzi PART IV HUMANKIND, EQUALITIES AND WELL-BEING 12 (Un)healthy places: social inequality and healthy aging from an ecological, developmental perspective 248 Ivis García 13 Improving quality of life among advanced cancer patients and family caregivers 273 Wanda Kiyah George Albert, Adi Fahrudin, Steward Lindong and Husmiati Yusuf 14 Reimagining LGBTQ student inclusion and support in schools 284 Matthew L. McClellan 15 Meritocracy, marriage and mating: a cross-country qualitative analysis between India and the UK/USA 303 Shahla Khan PART V PLACE-BASED APPROACHES 16 Dispossession of rights through development policies: inequalities in Siracusa from industrialization to new urban paradises 324 MariaOlivella Rizza 17 Unpacking informal partnerships and intangible resources in co-creation of community 350 Anne-Lise K. Velez, Candice Pippin Bodkin, Kate R. Albrecht and Anne Patrick 18 The nexus between urban green space and well-being of citizens: implication for cities of developing countries 364 Md Nazirul Islam Sarker, Isahaque Ali, Sajjad Hossain Shozib, Babul Hossain, Hrachuhi Galstyan, Md Nuralam Hossain and Sumaira Khurshid 19 Social inequality and Sustainable Development Goals: rural–urban disparity in Bangladesh 386 M. Rezaul Islam 20 Participatory community philanthropy: a pathway for reducing social (in)equalities 412 Patsy Kraeger, Rhonda Phillips and Ikeoluwa Akanmu