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Levy, Anna – ProQuest LLC, 2015
E-government is often defined as the public organization's use of information and communication technologies for the production and delivery of information and services. Since the early 1990s, e-government initiatives have been understood as a technological innovation mechanism aimed at reaching greater levels of efficiency, effectiveness, and…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Web 2.0 Technologies, City Government, Comparative Analysis
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Tonts, Matthew; Plummer, Paul; Lawrie, Misty – Journal of Rural Studies, 2012
Understanding the links between resource dependence and socio-economic wellbeing has long been a subject of interest amongst social scientists in North America. By contrast, relatively few Australian studies exist on this topic. This is despite the significant role of resource industries in shaping Australia's economic and social geography. Where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Geography, Socioeconomic Status, Hypothesis Testing
Gagnon, Douglas; Mattingly, Marybeth J. – Carsey Institute, 2012
This brief considers whether the concentration of beginning teachers in a district is associated with the district's poverty rate, racial composition, or urbanicity. Authors Douglas Gagnon and Marybeth Mattingly report that poor communities have moderately higher percentages of beginning teachers than communities with lower poverty rates and that…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Racial Composition, Minority Group Students, Beginning Teachers
Graham, Suzanne E. – Carsey Institute, 2009
This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and fewer qualified students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) job…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Community Characteristics
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Krupat, Edward; Guild, William – Journal of Social Issues, 1980
Considers differing systems and variables used to distinguish city from city, and city from non-city. Reviews various approaches to urban description and classification, including those of novelists, social critics, and social scientists. Suggests that the uses of objective and subjective data are complementary rather than competing systems of…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Definitions, Literature Reviews
Sofranko, Andrew J.; And Others – Illinois CRD Report, 1985
Rural communities of less than 2,500 residents in Illinois showed a reversal of growth patterns between 1950-80. During the 1950's Illinois' approximately 900 rural towns grew at a rate of 60% compared with 81-86% growth rate for towns in other size classes; during the 1970's rural towns showed a steady growth increase of 73% while growth of towns…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Metropolitan Areas
Gabrielsson, Ake; Paulsson, Margareta – 1989
A study was conducted to examine the interdependence between "actors'" (persons responsible for solving problems within their municipalities) conceptions and local strategies for development. Two peripheral municipalities with development problems are compared. The municipalities have a shared history and culture and a similar economic…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Background
Draganov, Mincho – 1976
The theoretical differentiation of the village from the town is made on the basis of a complex of characteristics, which includes: the village was engaged mainly in agriculture; the culture, living conditions and organization of public services were far behind those of the town; the village did not exercise the functions of an administrative,…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Development, Comparative Analysis