Publisher: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Published Location: United States -- Virginia
ISBN: 9780542339820
Country: United States
State/Region: Virginia
Community renewal is a dominant theme in American society today. It has been said that public administration could and should be a leader in the community renewal movement, yet for the most part the field of public administration fails to "get" community. This study advances and explores a concept of community learning as part of a broa ....
Journal Name: Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
Journal Number: 222
Country: Australia
Based on data for local government areas in the mainland eastern states this study shows that crime rates are lower in local areas with high levels of participation on community-oriented activities; includes short section on Indigenous population.
Report Locationhttp://www.aic.gov.au/documents/0/2/8/%7B0280A17B-5E35-4402-B130-5FB03A7C ....
Journal Name: Australian Journal of Primary Health
Journal Number: Vol.16, No.1
Country: Australia
Community participation is considered important in primary health care development and there is some evidence to suggest it results in positive health outcomes. Through a process of synthesising existing evidence for the effectiveness of community participation in terms of health outcomes we identified several conceptual areas of confusion. This ....
This study investigates measures and perceptions of safety in Indigenous communities in Australia. It details the development of a questionnaire designed to capture perceptions of community safety in Indigenous communities, which is hoped will be utilised by organisations and service providers in their work. It also presents findin ....
Publisher: Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Published Location: Canberra, ACT
ISBN: 1741511429
Country: Australia
State/Region: Victoria
Despite provision of funding to support the establishment of online communities, web sites and regional web portals in regional and rural communities, many projects fail or stall once the initial funding has been expended. This publication is intended for use by community groups to develop their own Internet communications strategy ....
This research is an attempt to apply a resilience framework to understand how pastoral social-ecological systems respond to change, and the potential role of formal CBRM institutions in this process. The resilience principles of Folke, Colding & Berkes (2003): (1) learning to live with change and uncertainty, (2) nurturing diversity ....
Publisher: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Published Location: Canberra, ACT
Country: Zimbabwe, Australia
State/Region: Northern Australia
A project was undertaken to enhance the capacity of resource managers, in particular the local occupants, to identify, plan and implement sustainable natural resource management options in tropical woodlands of Zimbabwe and northern Australia. The project involved the collaboration of government, non-government institutions and com ....
The Tasmanian state-local partnership agreements program, instituted in 1998 by the late Premier Jim Bacon, is proving an innovation in the reorientation of inter-governmental affairs. The partnerships established thus far have totally transformed state-local relations. Indeed the program has been so successfully implemented that i ....
This research examines attitudes toward local tourism development held by a sample of stakeholders and residents in three Arctic Canadian communities: Churchill, Northern Manitoba, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet, both in Nunavut. This research is premised on the idea that complex phenomena such as tourism are best understood through the l ....
Journal Name: The future of Australia's country towns
Publisher: Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities, La Trobe University
Published Location: Bendigo, Vic
ISBN: 1864465352
Country: Australia
State/Region: Victoria
This paper discusses public policy processes at the local level, using south west Victoria as an illustration. After describing the place of south west Victoria in the economic global world and within the national and state policy processes, the paper then discusses the place of local autonomy in small town development. Although lo ....
Publisher: Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government
Published Location: Sydney, NSW
ISBN: 9780987387707
Country: Australia
This report examines how Australian local government is adopting and using social media.
Social media refers to a wide range of tools (such as Twitter and Facebook) that enable people and organisations to communicate using internet-based technologies, including smart phones. Social media enables a two-way communication, allowing people ....
Journal Name: Good Health - good country: from conception to completion: proceedings of the 6th National Rural Health Conference, Canberra
Publisher: National Rural Health Alliance
Published Location: Deakin West, ACT
Country: Australia
This paper considers health service consumer and volunteer involvement in general, with particular consideration of some of the implications for rural health and for rural people. Specifically it addresses the potential role for health service consumers and volunteers in rural health research. Issues discussed include: the essence ....
Publisher: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
Published Location: Canberra, ACT
ISBN: 9781921536045
Country: Australia
'The research in this book aims to provide evidence and practical guidance for governments and Indigenous leaders about community governance in Indigenous Australia, and contribute to enhancing existing success. This book documents many of the challenges, opportunities and issues facing those engaged in trying to achieve legitimate ....
Publisher: Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia, University of Tasmania
Published Location: Launceston, Tas
Country: Australia
This paper argues that present institutional settings in rural Australia are inadequate for the task of bringing about a culture which is fair and inclusive. The solution is seen to lie in policies for rural Australia that support an infusion of new values into our institutions - values associated with the development of bridging t ....
Publisher: The Institute for Rural Futures - University of New England
Country: Australia
Rural communities face an uncertain
future. These communities are reliant on
the long term resilience of their productive
resources, but often utilise these resources
to resolve short term pressures. Their
survival is dependent upon their ability to
sustain their families by balancing social
demands and the biophysical capacity of ....