This report presents an argument that  to better understand the evidence to support place-based change, we  need to better understand what  place-based change is, by what it  does. In doing that, the evidence  question becomes clearer.

The heart of the work is five categories of place based change that should be seen as helping us to  understand the field of work through approaches  of change. It is not trying to categories every place  or research is rightly rooted in the places, but this work is explicitly trying to look across the field. 

Our significant hope is that the practice, and to be part of an approach that  builds the field, the language and the impact  of what we believe can be a powerful force  for change and support in our communities.