Hello colleagues,

Please consider the following call for papers for a special issue of Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society.

Thanks,

Rhonda

Dr. Rhonda Phillips, AICP, CEcD

Editor, Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society

www.comm-dev.org

Arizona State University

Director and Professor

School of Community Resources & Development

Mail Code 4020, 411 N. Central Avenue, Suite 550

Phoenix, AZ 85004-0690

Tel. 602.496-0160   Fax 602.496.0953

http://scrd.asu.edu

Call for Papers

Community Development: Journal of the Community

 Development Society

http://www.comm-dev.org/

Special Topic:

"Integrating Tourism-based Development into Community Development Planning"

Tourism influences community in numerous ways, including process and outcomes. The tourism industry is one of the fastest growing in the world, in both developed and developing countries, and for all sizes of communities on the rural to urban continuum. While tourism-based development can yield large community and regional impacts, community development planning frequently ignores the tourism sector. How should a community integrate tourism-based development plans, programs and policies into community or regional level comprehensive planning? The journal focuses on theoretically and empirically based work and rarely publishes purely descriptive case studies. However, given the topic of this issue, cases can be considered if they explore lessons learned and results can be generalized.

We are soliciting abstracts for this special topic by August 31, 2008. Invitations for full manuscript submissions will be sent by September 15, with manuscripts due December 15. The issue will be published in 2009. Please send your abstract to:

Rhonda Phillips                                     Tim Tyrrell

Editor, JCDS                                        Director, Megapolitan Tourism Research Center

Rhonda.phillips@...                      timt@...

Information for authors: 

Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society invites manuscripts up to 25 pages (d/s), using the American Psychological Association research style. See the website for additional information. The journal is peer-reviewed and provides coverage of vital community development research on such topics as rural and urban economic development, housing, entrepreneurship, theory, social capital, leadership and much more.