Descriptor
Community Problems | 4 |
Higher Education | 4 |
Local Issues | 4 |
Community Relations | 2 |
Social Sciences | 2 |
Business | 1 |
Case Studies | 1 |
Community Attitudes | 1 |
Coping | 1 |
Documentaries | 1 |
Economic Factors | 1 |
More ▼ |
Author
Alger, Chadwick F. | 1 |
Booth, G. Geoffrey | 1 |
Fielder, Virginia Dodge | 1 |
Jarrett, Jeffrey E. | 1 |
Stoddard, Robert H. | 1 |
Publication Type
Opinion Papers | 2 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Kentucky (Louisville) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Fielder, Virginia Dodge – 1974
This paper is a case study of a documentary produced by WHAS-TV entitled "Louisville: Open City?" The purposes behind the documentary are examined, and an attempt is made to evaluate whether these purposes were achieved. More importantly, this paper illustrates the social and political changes which can result when a locally-produced…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Problems, Documentaries, Higher Education

Booth, G. Geoffrey; Jarrett, Jeffrey E. – Journal of Higher Education, 1976
A group of economic models are developed to estimate the economic impacts of a university on business firms, state and municipal governments, and individuals. The results indicate that the University of Rhode Island is associated with both negative and positive economic impacts. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Business, Community Problems, Community Relations, Economic Factors

Alger, Chadwick F. – International Social Science Journal, 1988
Recognizing that knowledge will enable the world's people to cope with worldwide relationships, Alger criticizes the social sciences for inhibiting needed research that would increase awareness of the linkages between human settlements and worldwide phenomena. Presents a progress report on the effort to identify islands of inquiry into the…
Descriptors: Community Problems, Coping, Foreign Policy, Global Approach
Stoddard, Robert H. – 1983
The phenomenon of negative geography--the assertion that any location is better than the one selected--is discussed and ways in which this approach differs from traditional geography methodology are analyzed. Case studies of two citizens' groups which protested the relocation of a city mission and halfway house in their neighborhoods illustrate…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Problems, Community Relations, Geographic Concepts