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Direct linkBrown, Ralph B.; Dorius, Shawn F.; Krannich, Richard S. – Rural Sociology, 2005
To better understand the long-term effects of rapid boom growth, we reexamine four subjective indicators of community satisfaction and social integration in Delta, Utah, which were originally analyzed by Brown, Geertsen, and Krannich in 1989. With 24 years of longitudinal data, we find that within approximately a decade of the boom period three of…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Social Integration, Community Development, Community Change
Peer reviewedKrannich, Richard S.; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1989
Finds that, among inhabitants of four small towns in Wyoming and Utah, increased fear of crime was related to rapid community growth, greater criminal victimization experience, and lesser perception of own social integration. Contains 38 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Study, Community Surveys
Peer reviewedSalamon, Sonya; Tornatore, Jane B. – Rural Sociology, 1994
In a small Illinois town experiencing immigration of working-poor families, the differing notions about respectability of newcomers and the old guard became symbolized by conflict over the appearance and use of private and public property. Concludes that property issues, more than occupation or family background, shape social relations in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Relations
