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Peer reviewedGreen, Gary P.; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1990
A national survey uncovered 105 (of a sample of 600) projects that met criteria defining local self-development. The activities produced a variety of jobs for local residents. Costs and availability of credit were major obstacles. Local business/industry development projects tended to produce the most jobs at the least cost. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Development, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Clinton, Charles A. – 1979
This ethnographic account of community development relates the successful efforts of Shiloh County (a pseudonym for a small, rural political subdivision in the American South) to achieve local autonomy while using external resources to meet local needs. The study describes the political influences of family, religion, neighborhood, community and…
Descriptors: Community Control, County School Districts, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Copp, James H. – 1983
Communities with a flexible, open leadership structure may weather energy booms better than communities with old-guard leadership cliques, according to a study of community governance in two small Texas towns. Although similar in location, ethnic composition, population, access to transportation, economic base, and importance in the county,…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Control, Community Development
Download full textBender, Filmore E., Ed.; Cunnings, Lucy M., Ed. – 1975
The nine in this publication are based on the assumption that communities must develop a framework for analyzing economic growth if they are to make responsible decisions relative to rate and form of economic growth. Divided into two parts, this document presents: (1) papers relative to general perspectives on economic growth and development, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Control, Community Development
Fisher, Peter S. – 1979
Using multiple regression analysis for each county and a case study of selected services in Johnson County, Iowa, the study estimated the impacts of rural non-farm development in Iowa on the demand for local public services, on the cost of providing these services, and on the distribution of service benefits and tax burdens among population…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Services, County Programs, Human Services
Kirshner, Edward M.; And Others – 1975
There are three major phases in the process of community development projected for the San Joaquin Valley's west side. The first phase involves agricultural experiments using different kinds of crops, agricultural techniques, and ownership arrangements. Beginning when enough people have returned to the land to create a demand for an expanded town,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Control, Community Development, Community Planning
