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Download full textRoseland, Mark – 1992
This book is intended as a resource for elected officials, municipal staff, and citizens who would like to apply the concept of sustainable development in their communities through an ecosystems approach to human settlements management. The subcomponents of human community life and its impact on the environment are explored. Included are tested,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Community Planning, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedMunzer, Martha E. – Nature Study, 1985
Describes a simulation game which introduces concepts and problems associated with community planning. Initial activities include a role-playing exercise focusing on decisions related to a vacant lot; implications for various decisions are noted. Also gives suggested questions to address when planning a town. (DH)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education
Willauer, David O. – 1992
The KIDS Consortium is a private, non-profit organization that seeks to promote, facilitate, and institutionalize the involvement of children and youth in their communities in Maine. Kids as Planners, the central program of the KIDS Consortium, gives students the opportunity to become apprentice citizens by working with adult citizens in hands-on…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkSchumaker-Chadde, Joan; Klipp, Jennifer; Crouch, Andy – Science Scope, 2004
The potential for explosive urban sprawl is what motivated these authors to create a unit on community planning and the visual environment. They thought this unit would be an excellent way to engage students in a real-world issue that was relevant to their lives, while at the same time addressing social studies, language arts, and science content…
Descriptors: Visual Environment, Quality of Life, Community Planning, Community Development
Wzorek, Carol – 1987
The 2.5-day workshop described in this manual was designed to meet the growing concern that small projects administered by the Peace Corps were not truly community projects or priorities. To foster more community involvement in the design, implementation, and evaluation of projects, this workshop is geared to the training of Peace Corps volunteers…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Planning, Decision Making
Peace Corps, Washington, DC. Information Collection and Exchange Div. – 2003
A french language version of a training manual that presents guidelines for planning and conducting a project design and management (PDM) workshop to teach Peace Corps volunteers to involve local community members in the process of using participatory analysis tools and planning and implementing projects meeting local desires and needs. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques
