Contents: Foreword --- Problems of Measurement and Assessment of the Adequacy of Community Services: A Naive Viewpoint (Paul H. Gessaman and Gordon D. Rose) --- Adequacy of Community Services: A Measurement Problem (Anne S. Williams) --- Theoretical Concerns in the Measurement of Adequacy of Community Services and How to Assess Them in the Rural Areas (Pedro F. Hernandez) --- Rural Development and the Quality of Life in the Rural South: Concepts and Indicators in the S-79 Regional Project (A. Lee Coleman) --- Some Methodological Considerations for Rural Community Services Research (Garrey Carruthers and N. Scott Urquhart) --- Organization of Public Service Delivery Systems for Rural Areas: Concepts and Measures (Lonnie L. Jones) --- Some Relevant Concerns and Issues in Research on Personal Health Delivery Systems with Special Emphasis on Nonmetropolitan Areas (Charles O. Crawford) --- Housing-Quality: Measurement and Assessment (Christopher Babb).
