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Emily Yeager; Beth Bee; Anjalee Hou; Taylor Cash; Kelsi Dew; Daniel Dickerson; Kelly White-Singleton; Michael Schilling; Sierra Jones – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2024
Through a multistakeholder partnership, this research aims to catalyze the development of a blue economy corridor (BEC) through community-based asset mapping in the eastern portion of the Tar-Pamlico River Basin in North Carolina, a geographic area predominated by physically and culturally rural landscapes. Underpinned by appreciative inquiry,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Geographic Information Systems, Community Development
Saerom Ahn; Gyeongmi Gi; Sonya N. Martin – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2023
Community gardens offer valuable educational and social benefits, contributing to enhanced environmental learning and community building. To expand these opportunities and support community gardens' objectives, we emphasize the necessity of establishing specific structures that facilitate gardeners' practices. Investigating a Korean community as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Gardening, Environmental Education
Clegg, Tamara; Boston, Carol; Preece, Jennifer; Warrick, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Cameron, Jacqueline – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
This article examines community-driven adult environmental learning in a volunteer watershed stewards program. We look for evidence of elements that portray steps toward "concientización"--the process of individuals and communities directing their own learning in nonhierarchical ways. Leveraging two theories from the learning sciences…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Adult Education, Informal Education, Community Development
Johnson Butterfield, Alice K.; Yeneabat, Mulu; Moxley, David P. – Children & Schools, 2016
Asset-based community development (ABCD) is a promising practice for communities to engage in self-determination through the efforts residents invest in identifying community assets, framing and documenting the issues communities face, and taking action to advance quality of life. The ABCD literature does not report on the application of ABCD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Community Resources, Self Determination
Gur'ianova, M. P. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The study of the sociopedagogical resources of the countryside, the village ["selo"], is of vital importance both for science and for the revival of the Russian countryside; for the upbringing, education, and social protection of the new generation of citizens; and for the creation of a socially safe environment in which the population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Development, Youth Opportunities
Warren, Mark R.; Hong, Soo; Rubin, Carolyn Heang; Uy, Phitsamay Sychitkokhong – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Parent involvement in education is widely recognized as important, yet it remains weak in many communities. One important reason for this weakness is that urban schools have grown increasingly isolated from the families and communities they serve. Many of the same neighborhoods with families who are disconnected from public…
Descriptors: Community Development, Urban Schools, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Surface, Jeanne – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
The purpose of the study was to make a qualitative assessment of the impact of school consolidation on several rural Nebraska communities that have recently lost their schools. This research uses a multiple-case study design with interviews conducted in three Nebraska communities. The data from this research fell into four broad themes: social…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Qualitative Research, Rural Schools, School Closing

Smith, Courtland L.; Steel, Brent S. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1995
Data from Oregon communities, 1949-1989, show dramatic changes in income between urban centers and rural communities at the periphery. Coping strategies for rural areas include cartels, self-sufficiency, community sustainability, harmonized interests with urban cores, and changing community identity. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Income, Rural Areas

Verma, Satish – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1986
This study was conducted to find out how effective Extension Community Resource Development Advisory Committees are in achieving their purposes and functions. Both committee members and extension agents agreed that committees were meeting their purposes by making sound program decisions, securing community acceptance of programs, and improving the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Development, Community Programs, Community Resources

Leones, Julie – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1995
Responses from 64 of 80 extension agents specializing in community resources and economic development identified the "Journal of the Community Development Society" as the primary source of ideas and information. Frequently cited program topics were entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, budgeting, strategic planning, and leadership development. Among…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Resources, Course Content, Economic Development
Reed, B. J.; Paulsen, David F. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1990
A survey of 135 small towns in Nebraska found that half had undertaken economic development projects; development activity and success were related to community size (with the smallest communities lacking both local resources and outside support); and most community leaders perceived their development efforts as unproductive. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Planning
Austin, J. Keith – 1975
A field study was conducted to ascertain how leaders in 3 small rural New Mexico communities viewed the approaches of a community resource development (CRD) specialist during the critical initial phase of the CRD process. A log of approaches was kept by the specialist to record the significant approaches employed and the leader contacts made.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Resources
Dedrick, Angie; Mitchell, Graham; Miyagawa, Mitch; Roberts, Susan – 1997
This report describes s a study that examined how seven groups in Edmonton, Alberta, used a community development model called Community Capacity Building and Asset Mapping. The first three sections discuss the model's development and purpose and the methodology used to examine its application in community planning. Presented next are the results…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Community Coordination, Community Development

Yancey, William L.; Ericksen, Eugene P. – American Sociological Review, 1979
Assessed in this paper is the contribution of local facilities and services to the stability of urban neighborhoods within the broader economic and social parameters which characterize them. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Development, Community Resources, Community Services
Morrison, John D. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1985
Describes study of rural or small town community development programs funded by the Small Town Emphasis Program. Outlines program factors including competition, innovation, needs assessment, low income involvement, networks, technical assistance, efficiency, strategy, and timing. Provides examples of six programs and recommends future development…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Resources, Cost Effectiveness
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