Emerging Issues in the Rural Economy of the South. Proceedings of a Regional Workshop (Birmingham, Alabama, January 13-14, 1986). SRDC Series No. 81.

Institution	Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS.
Titel	Emerging Issues in the Rural Economy of the South. Proceedings of a Regional Workshop (Birmingham, Alabama, January 13-14, 1986). SRDC Series No. 81.
Quelle	(1986), (146 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adult Education; Agricultural Trends; Attitude Change; Community Resources; Elementary Secondary Education; Employment Patterns; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Regional Attitudes; Regional Characteristics; Rural Development; Rural Economics; Rural Education; Social Values; Transportation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Future; Society; Zukunft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Regionaler Faktor; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Sozialer Wert; Verkehrswesen
Abstract	The papers in this monograph represent the collective comments of speakers at a January 1986 conference addressing emerging issues in the rural economy of the South. The opening paper suggests that prospects for rural southern economic development are tied to new business development, new agricultural products, automated traditional manufacturing, tourist and retirement development, growth industries, foreign investment, vocational education and retraining, financial services, defense spending, and foreign markets. Next, employment patterns in the nonmetropolitan South are presented and discussed. The third paper reviews the role of agriculture in the transformation of the national and southern economy since World War II and provides statistical data and tables illustrating changes in unemployment, manufacturing, mining, farm debt-asset ratios, and land values. The remaining papers focus on four areas of concern: infrastructure and transportation, education, values and attitudes, and agriculture and the community resource base. These papers suggest the need for regional planning and collaboration; greater commitment to education, continuing education, and adult literacy; inclusion of racial and sex discrimination issues in economic development policy formation; and attention to issues such as farm/urban conflicts, land use, environmental regulation, local government finance, and changes in the price and/or availability of inputs. (NEC)
Anmerkungen	Southern Rural Development Center, Box 5406, Mississippi State, MS 39762 ($5.00).
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