Definitions for "Community capacity"
the skills, knowledge, and expertise of community members which individually and collectively constitute a community's ability to identify and address it's needs.
The characteristics of communities that affect their ability to mobilise, to and identify, , and address social and health problems.
Refers to the ability of community members to use the assets of its residents, associations and institutions to improve quality of life. Each community's collection of assets will be unique, for it will reflect the specific characteristics of its population, its political structures and geography.