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Community Strategic Visioning Programs by Norman Walzer 9780275955045
Booksplease Price: $147.83Community visioning and strategic planning programs have become increasingly important in recent years as local governments in rural areas have searched for innovative ways to revitalize their local... -
Community Visioning Programs: Processes and Outcomes by Norman Walzer
RRP: $103.33Booksplease Price: $97.29Community visioning is key in helping local public officials and community leaders create a flourishing future for their cities, and is essential for the effective planning and implementation of... -
Collective Impact and Community Development Issues by Norman Walzer
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40Collective Impact is intended to help community leaders effectively engage participants in strategic planning initiatives and achieve desired results. It is a logical extension of, and builds on,... -
Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development by Norman Walzer 9780739117132
Booksplease Price: $99.84Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development delves into the current thinking on local entrepreneurship development programs and evaluates ways in which practitioners can implement successful... -
Rural Community Economic Development by Norman Walzer 9780275939427
Booksplease Price: $147.83This work examines the main economic trends affecting rural areas today and the types of local programs that are being implemented in response. The lessening of federal government involvement since... -
Innovative Community Change Practices by Norman Walzer 9781138085589
RRP: $103.33Booksplease Price: $97.29The national recession forced many communities to examine new and innovative ways to promote local economic development, resulting in long-term community changes. New techniques and approaches were... -
Using Collective Impact to Bring Community Change by Norman Walzer
RRP: $91.63Booksplease Price: $85.68Collective Impact as a tool to bring about community change has seen remarkable growth in usage since 2011. Collective Impact has been used successfully with a variety of local issues and has raised... -
Community Visioning Programs: Processes and Outcomes by Norman Walzer 9781138085251
RRP: $99.43Booksplease Price: $93.95Communities have practiced strategic planning for decades using a variety of tools and programs based on the initial Take Charge programs of the early 1990s. These efforts generated a large amount of... -
Rural Areas in Transition: Meeting Challenges & Making Opportunities by Norman Walzer 9781032249001
RRP: $76.03Booksplease Price: $72.42This volume explores new opportunities to reshape local economies in rural areas during the next decade by exploring successful efforts already underway.While reported population declines can paint a... -
Retaining and Transitioning Businesses in Communities: Strategies in a New Era Norman Walzer 9781032805627
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $77.40This edited collection presents successful business succession planning in smaller rural communities where profit margins are low, markets are shrinking, and there are few potential buyers. Finding... -
The American Midwest: Managing Change in Rural Transition: Managing Change in Rural Transition by Norman Walzer 9780765611222
RRP: $95.53Booksplease Price: $88.98The rural Midwest is undergoing fundamental changes with increased competition from foreign agriculture; employment shifts from higher-paying manufacturing to lower-paying service industries; the... -
50 Years of Community Development Vol I: A History of its Evolution and Application in North America by Norman Walzer 9780367563486
RRP: $87.73Booksplease Price: $82.37This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter,... -
Innovative Measurement and Evaluation of Community Development Practices Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA; Purdue University, USA) 9781138085527
RRP: $99.43Booksplease Price: $93.95Finding innovative and useful measurement practices for community development projects is gaining in importance as policymakers increase the demands for accountability. This book examines some of the... -
Community Owned Businesses: International Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Economic Development Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA; Purdue University, USA) 9780367485450
RRP: $77.98Booksplease Price: $74.08This book analyses community-owned businesses in countries around the world to show successful approaches and important strategies to improve access to essential services in vastly different economic... -
50 Years of Community Development Vol II: A History of its Evolution and Application in North America Norman Walzer (Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA; Purdue University, USA) 9780367563493
RRP: $87.73Booksplease Price: $82.95This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter,... -
Rural Health Care: Innovation in a Changing Environment by Lavonne Straub 9780275943158
Booksplease Price: $147.83This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the current rural health environment by sorting topics into coverage of the demand for rural health, the supply of resources (facilities and... -
Cooperatives and Local Development: Theory and Applications for the 21st Century Christopher D. Merrett 9780765611246
RRP: $107.23Booksplease Price: $100.60First Published in 2004. The market economy has changed profoundly over the past two centuries. In the nineteenth century, business enterprises were largely single-product ventures, managed directly... -
Innovative Community Responses to Disaster by Brent D. Hales 9781138085718
RRP: $99.43Booksplease Price: $93.95Increasingly, community leaders around the world face major natural and economic disasters that require them to find ways to rebuild both physical infrastructure and the local economy. Doing this... -
Community Development for Times of Crisis: Creating Caring Communities Mark A. Brennan (Pennsylvania State University, USA) 9781032080437
RRP: $76.03Booksplease Price: $72.42This book explores the intersection of community development and local capacity building as a basis for effective disaster mitigation and the alleviation of suffering in times of crisis. Beginning... -
Local Government Innovation: Issues and Trends in Privatization and Managed Competition by Robin A. Johnson 9781567203820
Booksplease Price: $149.78Nationally recognized scholars and practitioners examine opportunities in which services traditionally provided by local governments are offered by the private sector though a contract or are...