1. Current version of the rural, frontier, and island definition literature review
2. Detailed description of the developmental project
• Summary of Regional Stakeholder Meetings on the Development of a Frontier Definition (June 10, 2012)
• Presentation - Gary Hart
• FAR Advisory Groups
3. Description of the purposes and principles upon which the taxonomy was developed
4. Detailed description of the analytical methods
5. Sensitivity analyses, comparisons with other designations, maps and the like

If you have questions, please contact Gary Hart at: gary.hart@med.und.edu