Journal of the Community Development Society articles from January 2001

Journal of the Community Development Society archives from January 2001

Editor's comments.(Editorial)
January 1, 2001... With the publication of Volume 32 (Nos. 1 & 2), I will complete my term as editor. Dr. Ted Bradshaw, University of California-Davis, has been appointed editor and will assume responsibility for the Journal beginning with Volume 33. To...

Community wealth stratification and the organizational provisioning dilemma: the case of amazonian fishing communities.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Previous theoretical analysis suggested that group heterogeneity facilitates collective action because agents with high stakes in a public good are also endowed with large amounts of wealth and thus will have greater incentives to...

What does "Smart Growth" mean for community development?
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Sprawling patterns of dispersed residential and commercial development are seen as wasteful of land, expensive to service, automobile-dependent, environmentally harmful, and, ultimately, community-defeating. The state of Maryland...

Utah agricultural operators' attitudes toward commonly used agricultural land preservation initiatives.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Like many areas in the Intermountain West, Utah experienced rapid population growth in the 1990s, resulting in the conversion of agricultural lands to various types of urban uses. The work described here is an examination of Utah...

A fifty-year overview of persistence and change in an Old Order Amish community.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT The Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania were studied by Walter Kollmorgen as part of the Rural Life Study series conducted in 1940 by the Bureau of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kollmorgen's 1942 study...

Tourism and forest products: twin resource sectors for effective community development in the lake states.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT The central purpose of this paper is to help communities and their leaders think realistically about prospects for becoming combined-development centers. Its specifics are based on experience and three community-based case studies...

Fiscal impact analysis: does method matter?
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Fiscal impact analysis, which is intended to estimate the impact of a development or land use change on the costs and revenues of governmental units serving the development, is used in a variety of planning contexts. The technique...

Socioeconomic impacts of agricultural processing plants.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Expanded processing of agricultural products in rural areas has been widely pursued as a strategy for rural economic development. However, while offering substantial potential benefits to communities where plants may be located,...

The evolution of knowledge networks: an example for rural development.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT Knowledge management practices have had a huge impact on the private sector, and no doubt the principles grounded in knowledge management will benefit communities as they build social and organizational networks to further their...

Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... PIMENTEL, DAVID, LAURA WESTRA, and REED F. NOSS. Ecological Integrity: Integrating Environment, Conservation, and Health. (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000, 375 pp.) Paper $35; Cloth $70. HAWKEN, PAUL, AMORY LOVINS, and L. HUNTER LOVINS....

Community Building: Coming of Age.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... KINGSLEY, G. THOMAS, JOSEPH B. MCNEELY, AND JAMES O. GIBSON. Community Building: Coming of Age (Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, April 1977, 74 pp.) $5.00 (also free PDF version at www.urban.org) This monograph from the Development...

The Local Politics of Global Sustainability.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... PRUGH, THOMAS, R. COSTANZA, AND H. DALY (eds.). The Local Politics of Global Sustainability. (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000, 173 pp.) Paper $13.20. If widely read and accepted within the environmental community, this book could...

Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... HONACHEFSKY, WILLIAM B. Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning (Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers, 2000, 256 pp.) Cloth $69.95. Reading Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning was interesting, enlightening, and sometimes...

Localization: A Global Manifesto.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... HINES COLIN. Localization: A Global Manifesto (London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 2000, 192 pp). Paper $17.50. Colin Hines has written passionately about an issue of great concern to many of us in Localization: A Global Manifesto. The...

Democracy at Work--A Comparative Sociology of Environmental Regulation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... RICHARD MUNCH with CHRISTIAN LAHUSEN, MARKUS KURTH, CORNELIA BORGARDS, CARSTEN STARK, and CLAUDIA JAUB. Democracy at Work--A Comparative Sociology of Environmental Regulation in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the United States....

The United States and Human Rights: Looking Inward and Outward.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... FORSYTHE, DAVID P. (ed.). The United States and Human Rights: Looking Inward and Outward. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000, 406 pp.) Cloth $55.00. Very few books have looked in detail at the U.S. role in human rights, both past...

Community Economic Development, An Interactive Guide to Understanding Your Community's Economy.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... DARLING, DR. DAVID AND GERRY SNYDER. Community Economic Development, An Interactive Guide to Understanding Your Community's Economy. (Manhattan, KS: Kansas State Research and Extension, 2000). CD-ROM $35.00. Some would argue that the...

The Peri-Urban Interface: A Tale of Two Cities.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... BROOK, ROBERT, and JULIO DAVILA (eds.). The Peri-Urban Interface: A Tale of Two Cities. (London: School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales and Development Planning Unit, University College London, 2000, 251 + vii pp.). ...

Everyday Evaluation on the Run.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... WADSWORTH, YOLAND. Everyday Evaluation on the Run. (St. Leonards NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin Publishing, 1997, 116 pp.). I usually don't get too excited about a book on evaluation. Then again, this is not just a book on evaluation....

The Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community through Action-Research.(Book Review)
January 1, 2001... BANKS, C. KENNETH, and J. MARSHALL MANGAN. The Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community through Action-Research. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999, 144 pp.) Cloth $40.00; Paper $16.95. My first thought as I read this book was...