The Kuala Selangor mangrove forest are facing massive reclamation for economic development but the conservation aspect and fisheries values of mangroves have been ignored in the decision-making process. The local community support and awareness of the mangrove forest conservation are still doubtful. The aim of the study is to analyse the local community perception on the mangrove forest conserv...

Dust storms are catastrophic natural disasters that beside other disasters frequency occur in the arid and semiaridregions worldwide. Drought occurrence, climate aridity, dryness of the Hamoun Lake cause strong winds to below.These conditions have been prepared for dust storms in Sistan region. The damages to Sistan society have beenmeasured using different criteria. The result shows that, peak...

The study describes and evaluates inter-organizational communication and relationships involving rural development management of community lands within specific perimetros florestais in Portugal. The research design is an exploratory research study approach that collected information with a mail questionnaire, interviews and information gleaned from community land association meetings and an in...

Sir,?This, briefly, is the story of a real community health service amongst South African Indians. Tuberculosis is Public Health Enemy No. 1 amongst the non-white peoples of South Africa. The death rate for Indian people is five times that of the European while for Africans it has risen, in urban areas, to 746 per 100,000. One of the main reasons is the low economic standard of these people. Fo...

A pilot project in a rural district of Tamil Nadu, India in which health is taught as a subject in primary schools by hospital-based staff is described.

The rural California county of San Luis Obispo, serving 45,000 population, lacked money, as do most rural counties, for the employment of a health educator. However, early in 1945 the need was considered so urgent that the local Tuberculosis Association decided to include health education experience as a job requisite for its first fulltime executive secretary. Since November, 1945, a trained h...

The street garment vendors are playing a significant role in the fields of the economic development through protecting resources (garment products) from such a position where they are treated as wastes; very much less valued products and creating the opportunity for self-employment. This study aimed at showing the economic contribution and the impact of the street vendors to the local community...