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Gilbreath, Aaron – Great Plains Quarterly, 2012
Go west on Interstate 70, past Salina and Highway 81, the unofficial line of demarcation between eastern and western Kansas. Beyond Bob Dole's childhood home of Russell and the regional center of Hays you will come to Gove County. Though the highway is littered with advertisements for Colby and Goodland, towns that lie farther west, nothing…
Descriptors: Counties, Population Trends, Rural Population, Rural Development
Gordon, Jason S.; Matarrita-Cascante, David; Stedman, Richard C.; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2010
Given increasing political and financial commitments to wildfire preparedness, risk policy demands that risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities are balanced among diverse resident groups. Essential for this is the understanding of residents' perceptions of wildfire risks. This study compares wildfire-risk perceptions of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Land Use, Population Trends

Rhoades, Robert E. – Human Organization, 1978
During 1976, 133 former migrants representing 96 migrating units were interviewed. Through participant observation, various social contexts (villages, towns, and cities) were studied in terms of return migration. Emphasis centered on the rural context and specifically dealth with return destinations, investment behavior, problems of social…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Migration Patterns
Field, Donald R.; Dimit, Robert M. – 1970
In this publication, the authors review the historical development of South Dakota communities in the perspective of community change as it occurred in the United States resulting from several important societal factors during the period from 1940-1960. The authors emphasize that, while societal influences continue to operate, forcing adjustment…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Demography, Industrialization, Migration
Bird, Alan R. – 1972
Migration is a major continuing phenomenon associated with national and subnational development. The past, present, and future significance of migration on rural development and agriculture are reviewed in this paper. Data are cited which appear to be at variance with popular beliefs. The complexity of interrelationships between migration…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Blacks, Income, Migration
Redman, John M.; Rowley, Thomas D. – 1989
The relationship between a state's metro and nonmetro economic performance is a key consideration in determining whether a special rural development policy is appropriate for that state. This report compares the economic performance of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas in 49 states, 1979-86. On average, metropolitan areas enjoyed higher…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Income, Metropolitan Areas, Policy Formation
Ahmed, Wajihuddin – CERES, 1975
Peasant women are chained to their homes as child bearers and unpaid laborers working for their husbands. Employing women in rural industry would increase female status and decrease male dominance in the family. Also family size would shrink as women spend less time at home. (MR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Dropouts, Employed Women, Industrialization
Wilcox, Leslie D.; And Others – 1972
An empirical approach to the development of a system of social indicators was suggested in this paper. The paper also suggested research developed around a more inductive approach to social indicator research with 3 methodological phases representing increasing levels of methodological sophistication. The first steps attempted to conceptualize…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Demography, Economic Factors, Human Resources
American Country Life Association, Sioux Falls, SD. – 1962
The theme for this conference was "Our Town and Country Society Looks at Itself." The following papers were presented at this conference: (1) "The Miracle of Production--Can We Keep It" (Aubrey D. Gates); (2) "Recent U.S. Population Trends and Their Causes" (Calvin L. Beale and Donald J. Bogue); (3) "Commercial…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Conference Proceedings, Population Trends, Rural Areas
Scott, John T., Jr. – 1973
The effects of industrialization on the economic and social profile of a rural community are described in this paper. Some of the major changes when industry moves into a community are in the land use and support systems such as an increase in the demand for water, energy, and waste disposal. Other changes are in the labor force, retail sales and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Economic Change, Federal Programs, Industrialization
Russell, Jack – Appalachia, 1985
A native Appalachian describes how his home in southwestern Virginia (Wythe County) seemed to him as a boy and how he feels it has changed today after an absence of 20 years. (Author/NEC)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Change, Employment Opportunities, Personal Narratives
Carlin, Thomas A.; Green, Bernal L. – 1988
Whether large-scale or small farms dominate, a county's farm structure is influenced not only by changes within farming but also by key factors such as nonfarm economic activity, geography, and population growth. Large-farm counties where agriculture dominates the economy are concentrated in the Plains, Midwest, and Mississippi Delta. Small-farm…
Descriptors: Change, Community Development, Definitions, Economic Climate
Spiegelman, Robert G. – 1966
Agglomeration--the clustering of people, businesses, or structures within an area--is investigated for two purposes: (1) defining the nature of agglomeration and erecting a suitable agglomeration theory, and (2) suggesting further research. These two objectives are seen as being vital to help improve the economic well-being of rural people by…
Descriptors: Economics, Industry, Migration Patterns, Models
Olsen, Duane A.; Kuehn, John A. – 1974
Immigrants competed on a limited scale with residents for new jobs in four industrializing rural areas in Arizona, the Central Ozarks, Mississippi, and Arkansas during 1965-70. This study determined: (1) competition for jobs between residents and immigrants; (2) need for immigrants to staff industries; and (3) differences between attributes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Employment Patterns, Income
Bertrand, Alvin L. – 1972
The basic issues covered in this paper are (1) the determination of whether there is a clear rationale for a sociology of development and (2) a determination of the divergent strategies for the implementation of development programs which have advantages that transcend the preservation of certain philosophical orientations and political…
Descriptors: Community Change, Cultural Context, Definitions, Economically Disadvantaged