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Gordon, Jason S.; Matarrita-Cascante, David; Stedman, Richard C.; Luloff, A. E. – Rural Sociology, 2010
Given increasing political and financial commitments to wildfire preparedness, risk policy demands that risk identification, assessment, and mitigation activities are balanced among diverse resident groups. Essential for this is the understanding of residents' perceptions of wildfire risks. This study compares wildfire-risk perceptions of…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Community Development, Land Use, Population Trends
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Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville. – 1984
This syllabus outlines a course of study in integrated regional resources management based on the experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The course has been developed for resource practitioners, in developing countries, who have responsibilities related to topics addressed in the course's 14 instructional modules. These topics are:…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Course Descriptions, Developing Nations
Sipe, Susan B. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
One of the greatest needs of our country is good public roads. The reason we do not have them wherever needed is not primarily because of the cost of building them, for in the last quarter of the century we have spent more money for other things not half as valuable or half as much needed than would be required to pay for the building of good…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Resources, Instructional Materials