Municipal strategies are important for rural localities, as from a governance perspective they
pool resources and bring actors together in cooperation. For Finnish municipalities, the …

Economic development is evolving, where building the economy was once the largely
purview of businesses and governments, increasingly, communities are taking action to …

We draw on research in Western Newfoundland (Canada) to investigate the possibilities
and limits of community reinvention, defined as radical change in the nature of the …

Rural local governments across Canada, including those in Newfoundland and Labrador,
struggle with many of their day‐to‐day operational activities, including providing appropriate …

This article seeks to address knowledge gaps on sustainability indicators (SIs) in rural and
natural resource-dependent communities, considering how they are used to contextualize …

There are long-standing debates in Canada about how to design effective policies to meet
the needs of diverse rural communities. This article takes stock of Canadian rural policies …

This research examines the extent to which the Clean Water Act (SO 2006, c. 22)(CWA) in
Ontario, Canada is an example of collaborative watershed governance, with a focus on rural …

Many rural and remote Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in Canada lack access
to clean, safe drinking water due to inadequate drinking water infrastructure, among other …

Research in rural development documents the significance of community leadership in the
success of rural development and the importance of implementing recovery efforts that …

ABSTRACT Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the direct and
indirect relationships between the determinant factors of good governance (such as …