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Coombs, Philip H. – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1982
A switchover by any government to a more integrated, community-based approach to rural development will inevitably require the recruitment, training, and effective "backstopping" of large numbers of front-line workers. (SSH)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Services
Behr, Chris; Lamb, Greg; Miller, Al; Sadowske, Sue; Shaffer, Ron – 1995
In rural coastal communities, trade-offs between conserving and developing environmentally sensitive resources are acute. At the community level, part-time volunteers and citizen officials are asked to make complex decisions based on ambiguous and frequently contradictory "scientific" evidence of economic and environmental relationships.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citizen Participation, Community Development, Community Involvement
Swain, Larry B. – 1989
Rural communities are often dependent upon their agricultural bases, which have undergone drastic changes. For communities to remain viable as economic units certain measures must be taken. Strategic planning can assist communities in assessing their situations and in developing plans and implementation schedules. Initially used in the business…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Action, Community Change, Community Coordination