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Smith, Stephen M. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1985
Discusses service industries' role in developing economies of rural areas. Describes ways service industries generate employment and local income and blend with a local economy. Summarizes survey of contributions to local economies and what attracted them to their communities for 385 service firms in nonmetropolitan Wisconsin. Tables provide…
Descriptors: Community Development, Municipalities, Rural Areas, Rural Development
Joseph, Alun; And Others – 1982
As part of on-going research on rural public service provision, researchers illustrated the use of a methodologically rigorous tool (a "tradeoff game") for eliciting community preferences for municipal public services. The trade-off game allowed adults in 122 households in Erin Township, Wellington County, Ontario, to assess 13 currently…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Services
