Universities contribution to society development in Africa has been a subject of discussion since many countries attained independence in the 1960s. The university was seen as having a function of emancipating society from poverty and ignorance. The premise of this view was based on the university's role in creating the ruling elite and knowledge…

In support of community development, natural resource, and other Extension programs, the research reported here aimed to identify current and potential outdoor recreational opportunities in the St. Johns River Basin, an inland area in northeastern Florida. We identify the characteristics of the visitors participating in the recreational activities…

Outlines an educational process designed to help provide communities with economic, social, and political information using community economic impact modeling. Describes the process of community meetings using economic impact, community demographics, and fiscal impact modules and the local preconditions that help make the process successful. (SK)

Describes new U.S. Census system dividing counties into 11 classification groups. Defines five metropolitan and six nonmetropolitan county classifications. Briefly discusses principles of new system, which uses 1980 census figures in attempt to reflect character of development in each county. Contains three charts. (TES)

Community planners in Illinois use computer software to conduct retail trade market analyses based on Reilly's Law. Market boundaries are determined using the population of the town and neighboring town, and the distance between the two towns. The simple indices implied by Reilly's Law do not offer reliable guidance to planners. (KS)

Discusses various aspects of community work in Australia: national context, consensus politics, early community work, literature and training, current trends in Australian community work, localist programs, and community work politics. (CT)

Community mapping is defined as follows: efforts to (1) understand the world as a landscape of many aspects and values; (2) identify areas that appear to have a degree of unity; (3) explain why things are the way they are; and (4) identify opportunities for positive social action and policy development. (113 references) (JOW)

Changes in national demographics have altered how we define community. The community may be a geographic area of home life, a place for coming together voluntarily, or an association of people with similar interests and values. New communities must develop their own infrastructures and capacities for sustaining themselves. (SLD)

Presents a bibliography on education in Africa. Topics addressed include religion and education; modernization and development, including political aspects, language policy, planning and financing, and international cooperation; education for community and rural development; education and work; demographic and environmental problems; and groups in…

Documents history of Lowell, Massachusetts, from the careful planning of town, the recruitment of farm family daughters into the labor force, the demise of the town, and Lowell's subsequent regeneration as a high technology center in the 1970s and 1980s. Suggests that the study of this town's history can illuminate the study of current U.S. urban…