Social Science
- Development studies, social science which addresses issues of concern to developing countries
- Development geography, geography with reference to the standard of living and quality of life of human inhabitants
- Developmental psychology, the scientific study of systematic psychological, emotional, and perception changes over life spans
- Community development, the practices and academic disciplines to improve various aspects of local communities
- Sociocultural evolution, how cultures and societies have changed over time
- Economic development, the economic aspect of social change
- Human development (humanity), an international and economic development paradigm
- Human development theory, a theory that merges older ideas from ecological economics, sustainable development, welfare economics, and feminist economics
- Rural development, actions and initiatives taken to improve the standard of living in non-Urban neighborhoods, countryside, and remote villages
- Social development, processes of change in societies
- Sustainable development, a pattern of resources use, that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment
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