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Download full textOhio State Univ., Columbus. School of Natural Resources. – 1985
This booket contains abstracts of papers presented at a symposium which focused on sustainable development of natural resources in third world countries. The abstracts are organized under these headings: (1) factors affecting individual's resource use decisions; (2) resource conservation and economic development; (3) research on alternative…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agriculture, Alternative Energy Sources, Developing Nations
Education Journal of the Institute for the Development of Indian Law, 1973
The Urban Indian Development Association (UIDA) was founded in 1969 upon the principle that Indian leadership is essential in solving Indian problems. The first Indian business development organization in this country, UIDA helps clients develop realistic plans for their first year of business operation, including sales, distribution, equipment,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indians, Business Education, Business Skills
Dicks, D.J. – 1975
This study explored the relationship between innovations in communication services and changes in other forms of socio-economic behavior. It focused on five communities in the Eastern Arctic and a control community in Northwestern Ontario, each with a different level of communications service. Interviews were conducted, and time-series data were…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Diffusion, Economic Change, Economic Development
Jacobs, Peter J. – 1977
The upward economic flux of Pike County is having a dramatic impact on the traditional morals and values held by the established community. Drug availability has increased proportionately with improved highway systems, accessibility of money, and increasing numbers of youth with their own cars. Although 75% of the population live in isolated…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Action, Community Health Services, Drug Abuse
Delacruz, Joseph B. – 1978
In the past, educational programs for Native Americans have failed to train Indians to develop and use their own natural resources. The following four central issues have arisen from testimony regarding vocational education for Indian people: Indian people should be involved at all levels of the program, including planning, implementation, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Basic Skills, Career Education, Cultural Awareness
Carron, Gabriel, Ed.; Chau, Ta Ngoc, Ed. – 1980
To complement a volume of case studies, these four papers and an introduction discuss the problem of regional disparities in educational development from several different perspectives. Varying points of view are presented on the relationship between regional educational disparities and socioeconomic, political, and cultural development; the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Differences, Economic Development
Center for Law and Education, Boston, MA. – 1981
The 22 items included in a packet distributed to participants at a 1981 conference on education and the economy are listed in this annotated bibliography, with sources for the items identified. The materials include articles, chapters from books, and monographs, as well as a resource guide and bibliography concerning rural economic and community…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development
Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi (India). – 1975
Selected papers on higher education and development that were presented to the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Association of Indian Universities are presented. Topics include development and underdevelopment, recent trends in development strategy, and India in the 1980's and 1990's. Contents include the following: "Development and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Change Strategies, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Wisniewski, Robert L.; And Others – 1980
A review of existing research on community attitudes toward energy development in the rural West reveals an apparent paradox, although substantial social and cultural disruptions have resulted from energy development, local residents' opinions have been highly supportive of energy development. While residents may not receive the anticipated degree…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Attitudes, Community Support, Ecological Factors
Hansen, W. Lee; Weisbrod, Burton A. – 1967
A workshop on the Economics of Human Resources was initiated in 1966, at the University of Wisconsin to provide a vehicle for stimulating research by both faculty and graduate students and to provide a medium for disseminating the latest research findings of outside scholars, University of Wisconsin faculty and graduate students. This document is…
Descriptors: Course Content, Economic Development, Economic Research, Economics
HILL, HERBERT – 1967
SOCIOECONOMIC FORCES CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE GHETTOS, DESPITE THE LEGAL EQUALITY GAINED BY NEGROES. THESE GHETTOS, IN WHICH OVER 10 MILLION MINORITY GROUP AMERICANS LIVE, EXACT AN ENORMOUS ECONOMIC PRICE IN NEEDED SERVICES, IN INCOME LOST BECAUSE OF LOW PRODUCTIVITY, AND IN PROPERTY LOST DURING PROTEST RIOTS. A PROGRAM TO END GHETTOS MUST START…
Descriptors: Blacks, City Government, Community Planning, Economic Development
GUNDERSON, RALPH – 1967
THE CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF LIVING CONDITIONS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS, OUT OF WHICH THE CALIFORNIA MIGRANT MASTER PLAN DEVELOPED. THIS STUDY DOCUMENTED THE FACT THAT 1,000 FAMILIES WERE LIVING OUT OF THEIR CARS, ON DITCH BANKS, IN FIELDS, AND UNDER BRIDGES, WITHOUT EVEN THE BASICS OF SHELTER AND…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Economic Development, Housing Deficiencies, Housing Needs
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1980
Focusing on contributions of educational resources to the growth of nonfarm enterprises in small towns and sparsely populated areas of the Southeast, this paper discusses four major problems which are at least partly amenable to educational solutions and examines various educational means for overcoming those problems. Research and development…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Industrialization, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Lindstrom, Duane – 1976
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 represents recent congressional action designed to improve the housing and living conditions of the nation's poor. Like the 1974 act, the older Federal model cities program (1968-72) was designed to benefit low and moderate income families, provide alternative uses for available funds, and allow…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Decision Making, Economic Development
Sadler, Peter G. – 1978
The Institute for the Study of Sparsely Populated Areas is a multidisciplinary research unit which acts to coordinate, further, and initiate studies of the economic and social conditions of sparsely populated areas. Short summaries of the eight studies completed in the session of 1977-78 indicate work in such areas as the study of political life…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economic Development, Higher Education
