09-26-2013, 12:02 AM
I grew up in rural towns, usually about 2000 people in each.
Unfortunately I doubt there is a "one size fits all" band aid to fix the problems posed in these communities.
I do think there are a few things that could be considered however urban and rural areas are becoming more and more connected due to roads being built, corporate expansion and more recognition of these areas within the nation's government workings amongst other things. So really I think as they both affect the other actions established in one should be established in the other.
The main issue I've seen is the rampant crime and I don't think stricter police enforcement is the solution as most crime has been in order to obtain money for drugs, I think the best way of battling this establishing rehabilitation clinics in gaols, getting people off these drugs rather than pumping them with stuff like methadone. If they left gaol clean there would be little incentive to break the law again and would also reduce prison numbers over time. This would help crime and health, seeing drug addiction as a health issue rather than a crime is starting to take hold in the populace and I think it will eventually have positive outcomes.
For electricity, government incentives and rebates for the purchasing of solar panels is something they used to do in my country and generally had great success, they even let you sell your excess energy back to the grid to provide others with power, unfortunately this has all been dismantled since.
For education, I would generally say reduce government funding for private schools and more evenly distribute the wealth throughout the various schools
For rural areas, utilizing new technology and the internet to connect with more urban (and wealthy) schools can also really help. In a town I just left we used to skype with schools from nearby towns in school in certain classes and it actually worked really well. Stuff like this also helps to create an integral education system rather than leaving smaller schools left out to fend for themselves.
Another education point is that (from what I've seen in the towns I've lived in) is that there is little motivation for youth to pursue tertiary education, generally dropping out and becoming laborers or apprentices, as well the problem of having to relocate vast distances if going to a university. With more connection to other schools I've seen more of a interest in learning and applying knowledge, and more people being keen to go university, also things being implemented like university study by correspondence facilitated by the internet is helping more and more people becoming qualified and getting well paying jobs.
Though a downside to this that is rampant over here is the lack of employment opportunities for those that do complete higher education and many are just left in debt. University used to be free over here so I would say that would help a lot of these issues haha.
I hope this helps, these are just my opinions
Unfortunately I doubt there is a "one size fits all" band aid to fix the problems posed in these communities.
I do think there are a few things that could be considered however urban and rural areas are becoming more and more connected due to roads being built, corporate expansion and more recognition of these areas within the nation's government workings amongst other things. So really I think as they both affect the other actions established in one should be established in the other.
The main issue I've seen is the rampant crime and I don't think stricter police enforcement is the solution as most crime has been in order to obtain money for drugs, I think the best way of battling this establishing rehabilitation clinics in gaols, getting people off these drugs rather than pumping them with stuff like methadone. If they left gaol clean there would be little incentive to break the law again and would also reduce prison numbers over time. This would help crime and health, seeing drug addiction as a health issue rather than a crime is starting to take hold in the populace and I think it will eventually have positive outcomes.
For electricity, government incentives and rebates for the purchasing of solar panels is something they used to do in my country and generally had great success, they even let you sell your excess energy back to the grid to provide others with power, unfortunately this has all been dismantled since.
For education, I would generally say reduce government funding for private schools and more evenly distribute the wealth throughout the various schools
For rural areas, utilizing new technology and the internet to connect with more urban (and wealthy) schools can also really help. In a town I just left we used to skype with schools from nearby towns in school in certain classes and it actually worked really well. Stuff like this also helps to create an integral education system rather than leaving smaller schools left out to fend for themselves.
Another education point is that (from what I've seen in the towns I've lived in) is that there is little motivation for youth to pursue tertiary education, generally dropping out and becoming laborers or apprentices, as well the problem of having to relocate vast distances if going to a university. With more connection to other schools I've seen more of a interest in learning and applying knowledge, and more people being keen to go university, also things being implemented like university study by correspondence facilitated by the internet is helping more and more people becoming qualified and getting well paying jobs.
Though a downside to this that is rampant over here is the lack of employment opportunities for those that do complete higher education and many are just left in debt. University used to be free over here so I would say that would help a lot of these issues haha.
I hope this helps, these are just my opinions