The pedagogy and the practice of community visioning: Evaluating effective community strategic planning in rural Montana

Community Development

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-191

  Lachapelle, Paul ^a   Emery, Mary ^b   Hays, Rae Lynn ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montana State University Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen based planning; Community development; Poverty; Qualitative data; Visioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960480348     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330903444069     Document Type: Article

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