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The Sociopedagogical Resource of the Countryside as a Factor in Its Development
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Gur'ianova, M. P. – Russian Education and Society, 2014
The study of the sociopedagogical resources of the countryside, the village ["selo"], is of vital importance both for science and for the revival of the Russian countryside; for the upbringing, education, and social protection of the new generation of citizens; and for the creation of a socially safe environment in which the population…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Rural Development, Youth Opportunities
Using Web 2.0 for Learning in the Community
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Mason, Robin; Rennie, Frank – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
This paper describes the use of a range of Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of community for a newly formed Land Trust on the Isle of Lewis, in NW Scotland. The application of social networking tools in text, audio and video has several purposes: informal learning about the area to increase tourism, community interaction,…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Foreign Countries, Web Sites, Internet
The Church and Rural Tennessee.
Cleland, Charles L. – 1987
Involvement of the church in rural community life was investigated by examining the "Fifty-Year Index to Rural Sociology." Findings revealed that 43 separate articles were published from 1944 to 1977 under categories of community life (7 articles); ministers: elite control (4); attitudes (5); beliefs, practices (6); churches (6); church…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Action, Community Benefits, Community Development
The Impact of Resort Development on an Hawaiian Island: Implications for Community Preservation.
Matsuoka, Jon K.; Shera, Wes J. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1991
The impact of resort development on Lana'i island (Hawaii) was investigated through community and island assessments, surveys of households and high school students, and focus groups. Assessment results relate to economic impacts, community services, community satisfaction, quality of life, and social impacts. Recommendations are included for…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Benefits, Community Development, Community Services
Rural Libraries and Community Development.
Vavrek, Bernard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the role of rural public libraries in the information age. Characteristics of rural communities that library planners should consider are conservatism, the lack of professionally trained librarians, library trustee involvement, the need for marketing, and gender balance. Suggestions for recreating rural libraries and providing…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Benefits, Community Development
Economic Development Strategies for Nonmetropolitan Areas. Occasional Papers Series No. 85-1.
Smith, Russell L. – 1985
Rural economic development presents a paradox of growth in population and jobs without corresponding improvement in local economic well-being. Four forces may impede nonmetropolitan development efforts. Growth of multiestablishment corporations makes traditional regional economic development models unrealistic. Rural industrialization is socially,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Benefits, Community Development, Community Involvement
A Post Licensing Study of Community Effects at Two Operating Nuclear Power Plants. Final Report.
Purdy, Bruce J.; And Others – 1977
In an effort to identify and assess the social, economic, and political effects of nuclear power plant construction and operation upon two host communities (Plymouth, Massachusetts and Waterford, Connecticut), a post-licensing review revealed that the primary impact of the nuclear power plants in both communities was an increase in the property…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Benefits, Community Development, Community Services
Year One: An Evaluation of School-Based Development Corporations in Five Rural Arkansas Towns.
Arkansas Community Education Development Association, Little Rock. – 1982
Rural school districts in five Arkansas towns set up school-based development corporations (SBDCs) to provide vocational and career training relevant to the needs of rural high school students and the community and to improve the economic and social welfare of the community as a whole. Each SBDC owned and operated businesses using student labor…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Benefits, Community Development, Definitions