Planning for Balanced Development: A Guide for Native American and Rural Communities

Community planner Susan Guyette presents the first field-tested model of development planning that meets the special concerns of Native American and rural communities. These communities increasingly seek to promote economic development that supports the traditions, values, and relationships on which community identity is based. In Guyette's model, revitalizing of cultural traditions becomes the central focus of the economic planning process.

The author demonstrates, step by step, how commun...