Interprets the efforts to reduce poverty and socio-cultural disadvantage in the Lesser Slave Lake Region, one of Canada's foremost case studies in rational planning and development. (Author/JM)

Since State and Extension Forestry at Kansas State University received specific funding from the U.S. Forest Service for community forestry programs, the university has received requests for assistance from more than 200 Kansas towns. (GB)

Describes the Community Resources Development program now operating in twelve West Virginia counties. (GB)

Argues that only if revenue sharing is genuinely responsive to citizen needs and in fact, secures self-initiated involvement of citizens in program execution will it be ultimately successful in developing self-supporting individuals and communities. (JF)

A description of the Extra-Mural Division of University of Nigeria's extension programs, primarily rural, aimed at economic development and reconstruction following the civil war, as well as adult literacy and vocational programs. (JB)

Describes the adult education programs currently being undertaken by government agencies in Malaysia. (AN)

This article is based on a recent study of community centres as agents of urban community development in Hong Kong and Singapore, and arose from the generalised claim that community centres in these two predominantly urban societies do act as tools of community development. (Author/RY)

Examines the concept of community development and its implications for various sectors of the education service. (DM)

A social impact assessment (SIA) should accompany plans for land development in developing nations. An SIA team should maintain an ongoing relationship with the community and attempt to implement recommendations. (KC)

Identifies three stages in Black community development: education, planning, and implementation. Reports on a study which explored Black citizen involvement in each stage. Found participation in planning and implementation to be positively influenced by household income and occupation, though education (sense of community) was negatively related…

Describes the combined school and public library in Olney, Texas. The result of a community planning program, the combined facility offers a small town's solution for providing adequate library services for education and general use with limited resources. (RAA)

Describes activities undertaken by a team of science educators in a fishing community in the Philippines to link science education in the schools to the home and community by involving parents in science-related activities, enriching elementary school level science, and raising the level of scientific consciousness in the community. (CS)