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Blakely, Edward J.; Bradshaw, Ted K. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1981
Discusses implications of population turnaround, reverse migration for societal polarization, human resources based economy, and rural/urban segmentation on the new socioeconomic role of rural areas. Identifies an interrelated public policy model composed of local community, human resources, technical inputs, and integrating institutions to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Change, Community Development, Economic Change
Fraser, Mark – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1986
Reviews socioeconomic impacts of rapid growth on rural areas in the western United States. Concludes that costs of development exceed benefits for some groups. Calls for research and policy initiatives to identify appropriate strategies to manage the growth and decline which are characteristic of changing rural areas. (LFL)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Community Change, Community Development, Cost Effectiveness
Mermelstein, Joanne; Sundet, Paul A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1995
Draws on evidence concerning rural population, families, schools, churches, and communities to conclude that the conceptualization of rural as "different from urban" has no contemporary empirical support and that differences among rural areas are greater than rural-urban differences. Offers suggestions for refocusing social work practice on the…
Descriptors: Church Role, Community Development, Community Services, Delivery Systems
