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Halid, Amir; Abdul, Irawati – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2018
To encourage community's role in the field of tourism, the local government of Gorontalo Province analyzes the impact of the development of independent tourism village on community empowerment. It involves community in the decision-making process, related to the income, employment, preservation of the environment, and people's culture. This…
Descriptors: Tourism, Budgets, Foreign Countries, Community Role
Cleland, Charles L., Ed. – 1982
The first part of this report contains a case study from each of the eight southern states participating in a late 1970s project which focused primarily on the organization of rural counties for making decisions that affect the well-being of county residents. In the second section, the study counties (identified as low income in 1950) are placed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Decision Making
Smith, Eldon D. – 1978
In evaluating the impacts of increased industrialization on small rural communities, some factors to consider are: how much employment and income will go to local people; will industry alleviate poverty; how will income benefits be distributed; and how will industry change community values, local politics and volunteer organizations, local…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Services
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Smith, Eldon D.; And Others – 1978
In assessing impacts of rural industrial development, it is important to include not only economic impacts but the interface between organizational, political, and behavioral aspects with economic aspects. Though effects depend on a variety of economic and institutional circumstances, several observations can be made about how new manufacturing…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Decision Making
Carter, Keith A.; And Others – 1977
Project 2142 was a multi-phase effort to discover and mobilize for dissemination to rural decision-makers various information and findings pertaining to the quality of life experienced by rural people. The initial research phases involved design of a conceptual framework that placed some parameters on the variety of social phenomena studied.…
Descriptors: County Programs, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Education
Marshall, Chris; And Others – 1977
Since the burden of improving quality of life is often squarely placed on the shoulders of public decision makers, this report (one of the products of Project 2142) provides a basis for assisting county-level decision makers in the planning process. Statistics that "indicate" the social well being or quality of life experienced by people…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Communications, Decision Making, Economic Factors