scholarly journals Structural Analysis of the Role Played by Social Capital in Rural Community Development

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Katsuhiro Akazawa ◽  
Kenji Inaba ◽  
Kohei Seki
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Development

Cooperatives in Rural Community Development: A New Framework for Analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Zeuli ◽  
David Freshwater ◽  
Deborah Markley ◽  
David Barkley
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
New Framework

scholarly journals Developing partnerships in a paradigm shift to achieve conservation reality in South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Els ◽  
J. Du P. Bothma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Wildlife Management ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
The Social

In South Africa, communal rural community development has, for the most part, been viewed as an add-on, rather than as an integral value in the broad spectrum of conservation activities being practised in the country. This paper, therefore, argues for the reality-based adoption of an extension of existing conservation paradigms to incorporate the development of communal rural communities as an integral part of the overall wildlife conservation and management policy in South Africa. The answer to the seeming contradiction in the focus of wildlife conservation and rural development lies in the devel- opment of wildlife management programmes based on multi-disciplinary and multiinstitutional interaction, by also harnessing scientific knowledge and skills found in the social sciences. In this manner, the present largely lip service related to so-called com- munity participation in wildlife management can be changed into programmes which really achieve conservation-based community development enhancing survival for both the communities and their inherent natural resources.

scholarly journals Adoption of Innovation in Small-Scale Forestry: The Case of Portable-Sawmill-Based Microenterprises

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal V Lupo
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Forest Conservation ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Adoption Of Innovation ◽  
Adoption Pattern

Microenterprise development can be a valuable societal component not only in terms of filling important niche markets, but also by enhancing a society's wellbeing through creating opportunities available to people who are marginalized by the labor force for one reason or another. Forest microenterprises, in particular, can enhance rural community development efforts, as well as forest conservation goals, by empowering local people to successfully manage their resources as well as offer the possibility of income enhancement (Salafsky, Cordes, Leighton, Henderson, Watt, & Cherry, 1997; Lupo, 2012). This paper explores the adoption of portable-sawmill-based forest microenterprises. Key findings include common factors motivating portable sawmill adoption, as well as a bimodal adoption pattern, supporting previously postulated arguments regarding the importance of creating multiple adoption theories.

Measuring the quality of life in rural community development

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Barnard ◽  
J. N. K. Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Development
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