scholarly journals The interface between rural communities in South Africa and their urban counterparts: the significance for sustainable rural community development in the Vaalharts area

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. van Schalkwyk ◽  
C. Schoeman ◽  
J. Cilliers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Community Development

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 The Impact of Radio Broadcast in Local Dialect on Rural Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Iddirisu Andani Mu-azu ◽  
G.P. Shivram
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Local Dialect ◽  
Fm Radio ◽  
Radio Broadcast ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe paper set out a platform to investigate the impact of FM radio broadcast in local dialects on rural community development in the Tamale Metropolis of Northern Ghana. The study adopts survey design and also employs probability proportional techniques to select communities for the study. The main thrust of this paper is on the impact of local dialect on rural community development, preferences of development programmes and the community’s participation in the production of radio programmes. Out of 400 questionnaires distributed, 392 was retrieved and analysed. From the results, it is established that local dialect broadcast on radio have an impact on development of rural communities. Also, it improves awareness and knowledge of solutions to community’s development problems in education, agriculture, environment, culture, politics and religion. The paper compare target audience’s preference for local dialect radio programmes to other similar content programmes that were not broadcast in local dialect. It concludes that radio broadcast in local dialect plays a pivotal role in bridging the communication gap between government and rural communities. It proved to be one of the effective mode of communication at the grass-root level. The study shows a positive role played by the indigenous dialect’s radio programmes and recommends that rural development programmes on radio should be packaged in local language. Thus, enhances listenership, interest and positive desired behavioural change.Key Words: Impact, FM Radio Broadcast, Local Dialect, Rural Development, Ghana. 

scholarly journals Rural Community Development: A Community State Approach

1976 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Jon M. Conrad ◽  
Barry C. Field
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Development Research ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Development Alternatives

Research in rural community development is being pursued in a number of different directions. One of these is the identification and analysis of economic development alternatives facing rural communities. A second is the clarification and study of the preferences that rural communities may have with respect to these alternatives. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for integrating these two thrusts in rural development research.

scholarly journals RURAL LIBRARIES AS CONTESTED SPACES OF OLDER VOLUNTARISM IN AGING RURAL COMMUNITIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S17-S18
Author(s):  
Amber Colibaba ◽  
Mark Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Sustainability ◽  
Contested Spaces ◽  
Older Volunteers ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
Volunteer Programs

Abstract Recent efforts to better understand voluntarism as fundamental to how rural communities are meeting the challenges of population ageing have highlighted ageing rural volunteers, and the attendant burden of older voluntarism, as key issues for ageing in place of rural residents and ageing rural community sustainability. Drawing on a case study of a volunteer-based rural library in Ontario, Canada, this study examines the experiences of older volunteers, the challenges of sustaining volunteer programs, and the implications of older voluntarism for rural community development. Findings from interviews and focus groups with library volunteers, staff, board members and community stakeholders demonstrate how the experiences of older volunteers and challenges of older voluntarism affect rural community development. The results reveal how participation, well-being, conflict and territoriality associated with older voluntarism contributes to ‘contested spaces of older voluntarism’ whereby older volunteers negotiate their rights and responsibilities associated with ageing and volunteering in rural communities.

scholarly journals CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON VOLUNTARISM IN AGING RURAL COMMUNITIES: VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S17-S17
Author(s):  
Mark Skinner ◽  
Alun Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Population Change ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Volunteer Leadership ◽  
Transformative Process

Abstract Voluntarism has been portrayed as a productive and even transformative process whereby rural communities, households and older residents are able to meet the challenges of changing rural demographics. Yet, little attention has been paid to building a critical perspective on the complex and often-contested expectations placed on older rural volunteers. This paper focuses on the particular gap in understanding the contributions of older rural adults as a crucial resource in creating opportunities for aging in place and sustainable rural community development. Drawing on research into voluntarism in Canada’s aging resource communities, this paper presents qualitative findings from innovative ‘volunteer leadership biographies’ with older residents who were involved in key voluntary sector initiatives to improve community development. The findings show how older volunteer leadership is embedded in both place (residency) and time (life course), revealing new dimensions to the problem of understanding volunteer leadership in an era of rural population change.

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 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.

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