Contents: Problems of rapid development / Chia Lin Sien and Colin MacAndrews -- The myth of the "communal" longhouse in rural development / Michael Dove -- Regional development, planning, and implementation in Indonesia / Colin MacAndrews, H. Benjamin Fisher, and Atar Sibero -- Rapid rural "development" / James A. Anderson -- The effects of major dam construction / Samuel H. Johnson, III -- Self-help organizations in Thai villages / Akin Rabibhadana -- Orang Asli adaptive strategies / A. Terry Rambo -- Development broadcasting / Vincent Lowe -- The urbanization of Singapore's rural landscape / John W. Humphrey