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Creator:: Sorte, Bruce Michael
Abstract:: Rural communities will continue to be disproportionately shocked by economic fluctuations. Market forces are likely to lead to the decline of many rural communities and they will need to be economically resilient to survive. This thesis draws on several social sciences and the natural sciences to develop ideas that communities...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: economies of the rural communities have in the past and still do cycle through stages of development as

Creator:: Bates, Reid A.
Abstract:: This study was designed to discover how beneficiary participation in decision making can be encouraged and enhanced in rural development assistance projects in developing countries. The study sought to increase the understanding about how beneficiary participation occurs through the identification of patterns, processes or techniques in development assistance projects that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: decision making in rural development assistance projects in developing countries AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Creator:: Duncan, James A.
Abstract:: This research sought to explore the implications of different tenure regimes for both landscape-level ecological processes and the overall resilience of a social-ecological system in Central Oregon. The purchase by an investor of former industrial timberlands known as the Bull Springs tract raised the specter of dispersed residential development on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ...................................................................................................1 1.2. Linkages between forest ecology, land tenure and rural residential development

Creator:: Kubein, Adele
Abstract:: This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Rural Revitalization in the Pacific Northwest AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF

Creator:: Clark, Marco
Abstract:: Development in China over the last thirty years has emphasized infrastructural and economic advancement. Despite enormous gains in living standards in the industrialized eastern provinces, much of China's interior and western provinces remain relatively underdeveloped. Populated mostly by ethnic minorities, the southwest province of Yunnan (meaning south of the clouds)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text::  Development Impacts and Overcoming Change in Rural  Southwest China    by  Marco Clark    A THESIS

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