… , which we have called "20 Clues to Rural Community Survival" (Table 6), shared by thriving
small towns. The traits fall into six groups focused around: community attitude (clues 1-5), …

… century, we see three broad types of rural communities emerge in America: Figure 7.1
Poverty has persisted across rural America for decades, especially among communities of color. …

… Reiss concluded that a major distinction by type of community was the greater prevalence
of indicators of familism in smaller and more rural communities. More recently, on a national …

… Mail surveys of 2,802 elders in 99 small towns and rural communities in Iowa reveal that …
that in small towns and rural communities, social capital and sense of community are essential …

… in small Norwegian towns and rural communities as ‘assemblages’ of mobile global policy
discourses mixed with and translated through local traditions, local practices, materialization …

… With respect to this point, Small Town is not a study of a rural community. It is a study of how
some of the major institutions of a society work themselves out in a particular community. To …

… : “We had to change the way we thought about rural communities–we could no longer just
think of them as ‘small cities.’ Rural communities have unique challenges that bring with them …

… small town according to their regional location. It is important to emphasise that the focus is
on small towns… what constitutes a small town and a medium-sized town in different European …

… be an advantage for some rural elders, many who age in rural communities may be at risk
… older in small towns and rural areas, including the unique challenges faced by rural elders …

… First, in order to interview older folks in small towns, we had to locate a sample of smatl
communities. We were well aware that small towns in Kansas reside within counties which vary …