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Gavrilova, Marina A.; Shepelev, Victor M.; Kosyakova, Inessa V.; Belikova, Lyudmila F.; Chistik, Olga F. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the researched problem is caused by existence of differentiation in development of separate regional units (urban districts and municipalities) within the region. The aim of this article is to offer a method, which determines the level of differentiation in development of various components of the region, and also in producing a…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Socioeconomic Influences, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Gordon, John; Nelson, Glenn – 1975
Economic growth and development have many implications that need to be considered so that informed decisions regarding the community can be made. Although expansion of an existing establishment or a newly located plant or business are the primary means by which communities seek economic growth, growth can also occur when the new industry is…
Descriptors: Business, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Study

Anderson, Joseph S.; Smith, Dean Howard – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
The National Executive Education Program for Native American Leadership and the Center for American Indian Economic Development developed a method to help tribes create a long-term strategic community-development plan. Based on integrated analysis of six community subsystems, the method includes extensive interviews, secondary research, a workshop…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Study
Copp, James H. – 1983
Communities with a flexible, open leadership structure may weather energy booms better than communities with old-guard leadership cliques, according to a study of community governance in two small Texas towns. Although similar in location, ethnic composition, population, access to transportation, economic base, and importance in the county,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Control, Community Development
Salamon, Sonya – Rural Development Perspectives, 1989
Compares traits and attitudes of two Illinois farming communities with populations characterized as "German yeoman" and "Yankee entrepreneur." Discusses how community characteristics shape responses to social and economic changes and affect the course of economic development. (SV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Brown, Ralph B. – 1990
Effective rural education depends on active community involvement. This ethnographic case study examines three models of community organization as an explanation of how community action occurs. The three models are: (1) individuals interacting in formal and informal groups; (2) networks of "weak ties" effective for diffusing information and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Characteristics
Copp, James H. – 1983
A study of the process of a 1977-1983 oil and gas boom in Caldwell, Texas, disproved the assumption that local social effects of rapid energy development are severe and negative. Using interviews, surveys, observation, local newspapers, and other writings as data sources, researchers determined that during the boom, Caldwell's population grew…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Satisfaction
Wall, Milan; Luther, Vicki – 1992
Case studies of five rural Nebraska communities identified why some rural communities have survived economic trends stemming from the worst agricultural economic crisis since the Great Depression, while others seem to have surrendered. Background information on each community was gathered from available state, federal, and private information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Study
Mulkey, David – 1989
Community development depends on capable, visionary local leaders and on informed and active citizens. Thus, in the long run, education for all citizens may be the most critical ingredient to the success of rural community development programs. Schools can further contribute to the development of rural communities by providing an explicit…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Development, Community Study
Hoffer, Charles R. – 1964
As the concept of community is changing, emphasis in community analysis is changing from a geographic focus to examination of interest clusters within a geographic location. Village communities are declining while town-country communities are becoming more numerous. The suburban community is a recent development, and although it develops its own…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Church Role, Community Characteristics, Community Development
Pulver, Glen C. – 1978
For many years, developers have placed near total reliance on increased productivity in agriculture, greater exploitation of natural resources, and the addition of new manufacturing industries as strategies for community economic development in nonmetropolitan areas. The concentration on expanding goods producing industries is unnecessarily…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Study
Smith-Mello, Michal – 1996
This report discusses trends affecting the future of rural development in Kentucky and describes strategies for leveraging more positive outcomes for rural communities. In addition to the enduring legacies of rural poverty, inadequate infrastructure, low educational attainment, and joblessness, contemporary rural Kentucky is also characterized by…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Leaders