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Developing New Modes of Communication in Low-to-Moderate Income Neighborhoods: Issues in Energy Conservation and Folk Beliefs
Abstract
A community intervention model in energy conservation that led to the
development of new modes of communication & to the empowerment of
residents in a low income neighborhood in Memphis, Tenn, is described.
These two factors contributed to a twentyfold increase in
participation in an energy conservation program, & influenced
additional sectors of activity that significantly improved the quality
of life for the neighborhood residents. Unlike the literature on
community change through radicalization, an intervention model is
presented that links a number of public agencies to grass-roots
concerns through an action research methodology. 2 Tables, 25
References. HA.
Journal
(October-December 1984)
vol13
no4
pages31-41
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Community Development Nonprofits
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Neighborhoods
