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Measuring Change in Rural Communities: A Workbook for Determining Demographic, Economic, and Fiscal Trends

Type: Tools and Techniques , Topics: Community Character and Placemaking

Author: 
Rasker, Ray, Jerry Johnson, and Vicky York
Date: 
1998
Publisher: 
Sonoran Institute
Pages: 
165 pp.

This workbook is designed to help interested citizens in rural areas determine where their communities have been and where they are today. Through a series of exercises, it teaches users how to conduct trend analysis of basic demographic, economic, and tax structure data that can be useful in reaching decisions about local economic development and needed services.

Degree of difficulty: 
Moderate

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