Fidelity of information transmission in local campaigns on water issues

Most issues involving water supply are public issues, and achieving consensus for solution of problems in this area is problematic, therefore a study was designed to assess whether information about water issues is distorted in successive transmissions, thereby inhibiting achievement of consensus. The issue in the study community hinged on expansion of its sewage treatment facility, or losing local industry in order to abate the flow of inadequately treated effluent into a local river. Analysis showed that degree of exposure to information about water pollution, and especially to official information sources, contributed to consensus on the seriousness of the problem, but not to consensus on problem solution. Therefore it seemed unlikely that sheer information loss or other modifications of message content in successive transmissions of information could account for a lack of consensus on problem solution. However, analyzing respondents' basic attitudes as determinants of positions on pollution issues, showed more promising results. Tentative findings indicate that people who view themselves as dependent, and lacking in ability to predict events, are most prone to favor corporate action. It is suggested that information campaigns on public issues should take into account the link between peoples' basic attitudes and issue-specific attitudes.U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological SurveyOpe

Literacy, primary education, and rural development : some questions and some tentative answers

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An Analysis of Traveling - Wave Mixer Structures (Signal Processing)

97 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987.Models are developed for traveling-wave delay line transfer functions and for Schottky barrier diodes. These are combined to form models of real time convolver devices. These functions are implemented utilizing acoustic charge transport technology, an approach which permits broad band delay lines, nonlinear elements, and active electronic components to be monolithically realized on GaAs substrates. The models are compared to the measured results, and excellent agreement is obtained. This model accurately predicts the transfer functions of convolver devices employing time sampled delay lines.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD

Malawi's Agricultural Development: A Success Story?

At a time when attention was focused on Africa's poor agricultural performance, Malawi demonstrated a capacity not only to feed itself, but to produce a surplus for export. During the periods covered in this paper, its agricultural growth exceeded that of most African countries and compared favorably with 'success stories' on the continent. This research focuses on Malawi's recent performance, with particular attention on trends in the provision of essential agro-support services: credit; extension and farmer training; and input supply and marketing. Trends in these services are examined first at the national level and then at the district level. While overall trends indicate substantial progress, district level data reveal extensive unevenness. Moreover, at the farm level, census data on farmer training and technology utilization show fewer benefits to female operators and smaller farmers. Important elements of developmentally oriented infrastructure and services have been put in place and are functioning better than in most African countries. This is important in terms of longer-term agricultural development prospects. There is ample evidence, however, that Malawi's progress has not spread across different segments of the farm population or Agriculture Development Districts. Both the unevenness and overall progress have been heavily influenced by donor- support

Newcomers to rural areas : what kinds of impacts are they having?

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Population growth in rural areas and sentiments of the new migrants toward further growth

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The small, part-time farmer : hobbyist, welfare case or backbone of rural America / Illinois agricultural economics staff paper. Series S, rural sociology ; vol. 81 S-21

"August 1981."Bibliography: leaves 27-30

Older urban migrants in rural settings : problems and prospects

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Growing numbers of small farms in the north central states

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