Paul Lachapelle
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192137 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Lachapelle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Lachapelle |
| SIGNATURE | LACHAPELLE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Montana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0865-0174 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 80 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The seven deadly sins of community development
As a result of our experience and, at times, frustration with the field, we offer “seven deadly sins” of community development. We believe that community development work remains undervalued and underinvested across the world in part because of its own sins, and we maintain that unless we address them, it will remain so. We share our perspectives on the “darker side” of community development by exploring and critiquing the following issues: anti-…
Farmer and rancher perceptions of climate change and their relationships with mental health
The impacts of climate change are having negative consequences on agricultural communities in the United States and other regions of the world. More specifically, these impacts are expected to increase in both scale and complexity and will continue to pose challenges both in terms of agricultural production and capacity. The purpose of this study was to understand ranchers’ and farmers’ perceptions of climate change’s impact on their businesses a…
Assessing the potential of community foundation leadership through a new conceptual lens
Community foundations are emerging as an important and effective method of not only increasing assets and distributing funds in communities but also promoting community dialogue about present needs, future priorities, and the means of collective action. To date, there has been little in the way of synthesizing current scholarship and constructing conceptual models from which to assess community foundation leadership. This research presents a new …
Assessing, monitoring, and addressing boomtown impacts in the US: Evaluating an existing public health model
Identifying strategies for conducting impact assessment (IA) suited to unconventional fossil fuel (UFF) development, and practical opportunities to apply them, is an important activity given the continued importance of shale and other UFF energy resources. This paper offers a case study of an iterative public health planning process – Mobilizing Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) – that produced a version of integrated IA over a 10-y…
Tradeoffs, balancing, and adaptation in the agriculture-oil and gas nexus: Insights from farmers and ranchers in the United States
Community development and democratic practice: Pas De Deuxor Distinct and Different
In this introductory article, we discuss the theme of the Special Issue of Community Development focused on community development and democratic practice. Seven articles are summarized and highlight a range of case studies that vary by location, scale, and purpose, followed by a reflective essay. Drawing from the articles in the Special Issue and a series of joint learning exchanges on the topic sponsored by the Kettering Foundation, we then outl…
Can leadership development act as a rural poverty alleviation strategy
Though it is a pervasive problem, relatively little research focuses on rural poverty and leadership initiatives designed to alleviate rural poverty. Using a comparative case study approach, this article assesses community-level change in rural communities in Montana and Minnesota that participated in Horizons, a leadership development program that seeks to encourage community action to reduce poverty. We focus on the effects of various strategie…
Applying Indigenous Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to Partnership Development in Health Disparities Research
This case study of community and university research partnerships utilizes previously developed principles for conducting research in the context of Native American communities to consider how partners understand and apply the principles in developing community-based participatory research partnerships to reduce health disparities. The 7 partnership projects are coordinated through a National Institutes of Health-funded center and involve a varie…
Applying innovative approaches to address health disparities in native populations: An assessment of the Crow Men's Health Project
Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, the Crow Men's Health Project is a partnership between university researchers and men of the Crow Indian Reservation to address health disparities, particularly cancer risk, screenings and treatments. The objective in using this approach is to establish trust, share power, foster co-learning, and ultimately address community-identified needs and health problems. However, application within …
The Role of Trust in Community Wildland Fire Protection Planning
Growing accumulations of fuel, changing climates, and residential development in forested landscapes have accelerated the risk of wildland fire, particularly in the western United States. The magnifying level of risk of fire in the urban–wildland interface requires multiple actors implementing coordinated fuel management, fire suppression, and community protection activities. The successful implementation of such actions is built upon trusting re…
The pedagogy and the practice of community visioning: Evaluating effective community strategic planning in rural Montana
Community visioning is increasingly used as a community development technique in a variety of settings. Sixteen communities in rural eastern Montana participated in a multi-phase poverty reduction program from 2006 to 2008 that culminated in a community vision process. Regional workshops were delivered to community visioning coordinators at the onset to explain principles of visioning and coaching, set expectations, and provide concrete guideline…
A Sense of Ownership in Community Development: Understanding the Potential for Participation in Community Planning Efforts
The term “sense of ownership” is frequently cited as a significant characteristic of community development. While there is increasing use of the terms ownership or sense of ownership, there is a paucity of research regarding what these terms mean, how this body of knowledge influences community development, and the various approaches that can be applied in contemporary community research and practice. A sense of ownership in community development…
Claiming Ownership: A Response to Manning and Ginger
Exploring the Concept of “Ownership” in Natural Resource Planning
Literature associated with natural resource planning reveals that in situations characterized as wicked (i.e., those to which there is great uncertainty about cause–effect relationships and where values and goals are conflicting or competing), traditional planning processes that emphasize technical analysis and limit citizen involvement often create tensions between citizens and agencies in the form of inaction, distrust, litigation, and occasion…
Barriers to Effective Natural Resource Planning in a "Messy" World
In the increasingly wicked and messy world in which natural resource planners function, traditional rational-comprehensive planning processes seem to function poorly, exacerbating already contentious situations, leading to decision paralysis and public dissatisfaction. New paradigms for natural resource planning have been recommended by many academics, planning theorists, and practitioners. Understanding the barriers experienced in current planni…
The Problem of Human Waste Disposal in National Parks: A Solar Energy Experiment in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A
Paul R. Lachapelle, Brenda L. Land, John C. Clark, The Problem of Human Waste Disposal in National Parks: A Solar Energy Experiment in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A., Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 177-180
Barriers to Effective Natural Resource Planning in a "Messy" World
In the increasingly wicked and messy world in which natural resource planners function, traditional rational-comprehensive planning processes seem to function poorly, exacerbating already contentious situations, leading to decision paralysis and public dissatisfaction. New paradigms for natural resource planning have been recommended by many academics, planning theorists, and practitioners. Understanding the barriers experienced in current planni…
Exploring the Concept of “Ownership” in Natural Resource Planning
Literature associated with natural resource planning reveals that in situations characterized as wicked (i.e., those to which there is great uncertainty about cause–effect relationships and where values and goals are conflicting or competing), traditional planning processes that emphasize technical analysis and limit citizen involvement often create tensions between citizens and agencies in the form of inaction, distrust, litigation, and occasion…
A Sense of Ownership in Community Development: Understanding the Potential for Participation in Community Planning Efforts
The term “sense of ownership” is frequently cited as a significant characteristic of community development. While there is increasing use of the terms ownership or sense of ownership, there is a paucity of research regarding what these terms mean, how this body of knowledge influences community development, and the various approaches that can be applied in contemporary community research and practice. A sense of ownership in community development…
The Role of Trust in Community Wildland Fire Protection Planning
Growing accumulations of fuel, changing climates, and residential development in forested landscapes have accelerated the risk of wildland fire, particularly in the western United States. The magnifying level of risk of fire in the urban–wildland interface requires multiple actors implementing coordinated fuel management, fire suppression, and community protection activities. The successful implementation of such actions is built upon trusting re…
The seven deadly sins of community development
As a result of our experience and, at times, frustration with the field, we offer “seven deadly sins” of community development. We believe that community development work remains undervalued and underinvested across the world in part because of its own sins, and we maintain that unless we address them, it will remain so. We share our perspectives on the “darker side” of community development by exploring and critiquing the following issues: anti-…
The pedagogy and the practice of community visioning: Evaluating effective community strategic planning in rural Montana
Community visioning is increasingly used as a community development technique in a variety of settings. Sixteen communities in rural eastern Montana participated in a multi-phase poverty reduction program from 2006 to 2008 that culminated in a community vision process. Regional workshops were delivered to community visioning coordinators at the onset to explain principles of visioning and coaching, set expectations, and provide concrete guideline…
Can leadership development act as a rural poverty alleviation strategy
Though it is a pervasive problem, relatively little research focuses on rural poverty and leadership initiatives designed to alleviate rural poverty. Using a comparative case study approach, this article assesses community-level change in rural communities in Montana and Minnesota that participated in Horizons, a leadership development program that seeks to encourage community action to reduce poverty. We focus on the effects of various strategie…
Assessing the potential of community foundation leadership through a new conceptual lens
Community foundations are emerging as an important and effective method of not only increasing assets and distributing funds in communities but also promoting community dialogue about present needs, future priorities, and the means of collective action. To date, there has been little in the way of synthesizing current scholarship and constructing conceptual models from which to assess community foundation leadership. This research presents a new …
Tradeoffs, balancing, and adaptation in the agriculture-oil and gas nexus: Insights from farmers and ranchers in the United States
Claiming Ownership: A Response to Manning and Ginger
The Problem of Human Waste Disposal in National Parks: A Solar Energy Experiment in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A
Paul R. Lachapelle, Brenda L. Land, John C. Clark, The Problem of Human Waste Disposal in National Parks: A Solar Energy Experiment in Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.A., Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 17, No. 2 (May, 1997), pp. 177-180
Barriers to Effective Natural Resource Planning in a "Messy" World
In the increasingly wicked and messy world in which natural resource planners function, traditional rational-comprehensive planning processes seem to function poorly, exacerbating already contentious situations, leading to decision paralysis and public dissatisfaction. New paradigms for natural resource planning have been recommended by many academics, planning theorists, and practitioners. Understanding the barriers experienced in current planni…
Exploring the Concept of “Ownership” in Natural Resource Planning
Literature associated with natural resource planning reveals that in situations characterized as wicked (i.e., those to which there is great uncertainty about cause–effect relationships and where values and goals are conflicting or competing), traditional planning processes that emphasize technical analysis and limit citizen involvement often create tensions between citizens and agencies in the form of inaction, distrust, litigation, and occasion…
Claiming Ownership: A Response to Manning and Ginger
A Sense of Ownership in Community Development: Understanding the Potential for Participation in Community Planning Efforts
The term “sense of ownership” is frequently cited as a significant characteristic of community development. While there is increasing use of the terms ownership or sense of ownership, there is a paucity of research regarding what these terms mean, how this body of knowledge influences community development, and the various approaches that can be applied in contemporary community research and practice. A sense of ownership in community development…
The pedagogy and the practice of community visioning: Evaluating effective community strategic planning in rural Montana
Community visioning is increasingly used as a community development technique in a variety of settings. Sixteen communities in rural eastern Montana participated in a multi-phase poverty reduction program from 2006 to 2008 that culminated in a community vision process. Regional workshops were delivered to community visioning coordinators at the onset to explain principles of visioning and coaching, set expectations, and provide concrete guideline…
Applying Indigenous Community-Based Participatory Research Principles to Partnership Development in Health Disparities Research
This case study of community and university research partnerships utilizes previously developed principles for conducting research in the context of Native American communities to consider how partners understand and apply the principles in developing community-based participatory research partnerships to reduce health disparities. The 7 partnership projects are coordinated through a National Institutes of Health-funded center and involve a varie…
Applying innovative approaches to address health disparities in native populations: An assessment of the Crow Men's Health Project
Using a Community-Based Participatory Research approach, the Crow Men's Health Project is a partnership between university researchers and men of the Crow Indian Reservation to address health disparities, particularly cancer risk, screenings and treatments. The objective in using this approach is to establish trust, share power, foster co-learning, and ultimately address community-identified needs and health problems. However, application within …
The Role of Trust in Community Wildland Fire Protection Planning
Growing accumulations of fuel, changing climates, and residential development in forested landscapes have accelerated the risk of wildland fire, particularly in the western United States. The magnifying level of risk of fire in the urban–wildland interface requires multiple actors implementing coordinated fuel management, fire suppression, and community protection activities. The successful implementation of such actions is built upon trusting re…
Can leadership development act as a rural poverty alleviation strategy
Though it is a pervasive problem, relatively little research focuses on rural poverty and leadership initiatives designed to alleviate rural poverty. Using a comparative case study approach, this article assesses community-level change in rural communities in Montana and Minnesota that participated in Horizons, a leadership development program that seeks to encourage community action to reduce poverty. We focus on the effects of various strategie…
Community development and democratic practice: Pas De Deuxor Distinct and Different
In this introductory article, we discuss the theme of the Special Issue of Community Development focused on community development and democratic practice. Seven articles are summarized and highlight a range of case studies that vary by location, scale, and purpose, followed by a reflective essay. Drawing from the articles in the Special Issue and a series of joint learning exchanges on the topic sponsored by the Kettering Foundation, we then outl…
Assessing, monitoring, and addressing boomtown impacts in the US: Evaluating an existing public health model
Identifying strategies for conducting impact assessment (IA) suited to unconventional fossil fuel (UFF) development, and practical opportunities to apply them, is an important activity given the continued importance of shale and other UFF energy resources. This paper offers a case study of an iterative public health planning process – Mobilizing Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) – that produced a version of integrated IA over a 10-y…
Tradeoffs, balancing, and adaptation in the agriculture-oil and gas nexus: Insights from farmers and ranchers in the United States
Farmer and rancher perceptions of climate change and their relationships with mental health
The impacts of climate change are having negative consequences on agricultural communities in the United States and other regions of the world. More specifically, these impacts are expected to increase in both scale and complexity and will continue to pose challenges both in terms of agricultural production and capacity. The purpose of this study was to understand ranchers’ and farmers’ perceptions of climate change’s impact on their businesses a…
Assessing the potential of community foundation leadership through a new conceptual lens
Community foundations are emerging as an important and effective method of not only increasing assets and distributing funds in communities but also promoting community dialogue about present needs, future priorities, and the means of collective action. To date, there has been little in the way of synthesizing current scholarship and constructing conceptual models from which to assess community foundation leadership. This research presents a new …
The seven deadly sins of community development
As a result of our experience and, at times, frustration with the field, we offer “seven deadly sins” of community development. We believe that community development work remains undervalued and underinvested across the world in part because of its own sins, and we maintain that unless we address them, it will remain so. We share our perspectives on the “darker side” of community development by exploring and critiquing the following issues: anti-…
Political science (12 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Community and Sustainable Development (5 works) · Community development (5 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works)