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Download full textDepartment of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to evaluate programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other specified Federal agencies regarding their responsiveness to the problems and needs of small communities. A major objective was to define a "small" community and to determine how its problems and needs differ from those of a…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Needs, Community Problems, Community Services
Siegler, Theodore R.; Meyer, Neil L. – 1980
Growth or development affects a rural community in three separate but interrelated areas: private, social, and public sectors. Private impacts are economic shocks to businesses and citizens of the community. Social impacts affect the community structure as well as individuals within the community, i.e., increased property tax costs may create…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Community Problems, Community Services, Decision Making
Nellis, Lee – 1974
The enormous but often overlooked impact of energy resource development on small Western United States communities can be illustrated by the experiences of the traditional coal mining town of Hanna, Wyoming. Coal development doubled the population between 1970 and 1972, and required the addition of a sewer system and a police force, plus the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Characteristics
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1985
Participants in a symposium concerned with issues affecting rural New York State identified strengths and weaknesses and suggested policy in relation to three broad goals in the area of human services and community life: (1) increase community awareness of problems affecting rural localities, including the causes and effects of crime, violence,…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Greene, Marjorie R.; Curry, Martha G. – 1977
Large-scale energy or resource development projects in rural areas cause environmental, social, and economic changes in the community. The negative aspects of these impacts can be mitigated and the positive aspects enhanced, through the use of effective impact management strategies by local and state governments (together and separately), the…
Descriptors: Administration, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Planning
Morris, Lynne Clemmons; Morris, Judson Henry, Jr. – 1981
A strategy to assist in community development can help rural schools in rapidly growing areas meet the changing educational needs of their communities. Such a strategy should include gathering information about anticipated changes in the size and composition of the school population in order to plan for adequate staff and facilities. Planning for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Involvement
