How is rural community development practice changing in our increasingly complex
society? Previous models of rural community development saw the community developer as …

Problem: Many metropolitan jurisdictions face contests over industrial land because growth
in the industrial sector is slow while the office and retail sectors and population grow more …

Abstract Over the 1980–1990 period, employment in producer services industries in the
nonmetropolitan United States increased substantially. This growth resulted in the …

Since 2000, there has been a significant decline in the number of manufacturing jobs in the
US. The manufacturing sector has provided good jobs and benefits, and it has a stronger …

In this research we explore how local amenities relate to proprietorship growth by merging
two lines of work: amenities and rural growth and the drivers of proprietorship and small …

The purpose of this study was to determine if the outcomes of economic development result
in the anticipated economic and social benefits. The authors differentiated between the …

Industrial restructuring has altered economic circumstances in the US, but the influences of
these changes on family structure are not clear. This study examines whether industrial …

The new suburban scholarship has succeeded in incorporating suburbs into urban
historiography, but it has also implicitly reinforced an artificial boundary that obscures far …

Globalization and economic restructuring have profoundly affected the rural economy over
the past 30 years (Glasmeier & Conroy, 1994). As noted in the introductory chapter, the …

This report traces the evolution of Saskatchewan's trade centre system for the 40 years
between 1961 & 2001. For assessing & classifying communities into functional categories …