Five areas of inquiry shape the sustainable development movement: environmental movement, women's movement, overpopulation concerns, critique of development models, and new indicators of social progress. Community development workers are challenged to prepare local development projects within a sustainable development framework. (SK)

When market-based growth fails to improve community economic development, an alternative approach to economic analysis is a process-discursive method, which considers the roles of human agents and importance of information about reality as experienced by individuals. The process model of community-sensitive transformation is participatory and can…

Focuses on the challenge of formulating policy and programs for local economic development with sensitivity to the personal and interpersonal potential of the unemployed and the needs of local communities. Indicates that if community workers are to work with both the unemployed and with economic development experts and agencies, they must be…

This study uses the town of Roorkee (Uttar Pradesh, India) as a model in an attempt to understand the precise nature of the dynamics of urban growth and its impact on the environment. A computer package is used to identify and forecast development-related trends, and environmental impacts are analyzed. (LZ)

Describes the life and work of Father James J. Tompkins, a Canadian Catholic priest who preached "think, study, act"--social vision proceeding to group enlightenment leading to social action. (SK)

The role, function, and historical perspective of entrepreneurship have been misunderstood. Rather than being used synonymously with charismatic leadership or small business, it should be considered the shifting of resources from areas of low to areas of high productivity. (SK)

Examines the alternative meaning of economic development in an urban context and attempts to link the literature on community development in North America to concepts about economic development in developing countries. Looks at five strategies of community-based economic development, emphasizing internationalization of development policy. (Author)

Mainstream development is obsessed with material goods, considers humans superior to nature, disempowers women, centralizes resources, and reduces diversity. Sustainable development seeks harmony with nature, is people oriented, focuses on basic needs of all, decentralizes resources, and requires participatory rather than representative democracy.…

Examines the use of biodiversity prospecting as a method for tropical countries to value biodiversity and contribute to conservation upkeep costs. Discusses the first agreement between a public interest organization and pharmaceutical company for the extraction of plant and animal materials in Costa Rica. (LZ)

Discusses the economic impact on the surrounding community 15 years after Redwood National Park attained its final size. (MDH)

Categorizes Maslow's human needs as survival needs and developmental or personhood needs; equates these needs with moral rights. Suggests that we have a moral obligation to help others enjoy their human rights, and that development agencies should expand their policies to encompass the development of both personhood and survival needs. (SV)

Discusses the harmonization of international methods for the development and administration of product standards. Defines the term "harmonization" and discusses the harmonization of environmental policies and purposes involving product standards; environmental regulations on production methods, technologies, and practices; and life-cycle…

Discusses the goal of sustainable development among Southeast Asian countries in relation to aspects pertaining to coastal management efforts. Provides examples of the lack of interagency cooperation between relevant agencies, the problems with democratization, and unrealistic government expectation in Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, and…

In the past, educational counseling in Latin America has been used to limit economic and political participation and maintain unequal resource distribution. Modernization, the new free trade agreement, and other changes are changing the role of counseling. (SK)

The Iowa Community Betterment (ICB) program provides support to communities attempting to maximize their own resources and create development. In two ICB projects, Edgewood citizens developed badly needed affordable housing and built a golf course, and Greene residents boosted tourism by building a paddlewheel riverboat and supporting local…