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Christenson, James A.; Taylor, Gregory S. – Rural Sociology, 1982
Explores relationship between per capita expenditures (inputs) for selected public services (law enforcement, education, medical, libraries, parks) and two output measures (objective performance measure and subjective measures of 8,882 citizens' perceptions in 100 different size counties in North Carolina.) Indicates per capita expenditures are…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Services, Community Size, Expenditures
Siegler, Theodore R. – 1979
The guide describes an assessment procedure that can be used by sparsely populated communities located near a potential development to help predict where the incoming population will choose to live and shop. First, a numerical model, the "gravity model," is presented which utilizes community size and the distance from the community to…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Services, Community Size, Coping