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Abell, John H. – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
This article presents an overview of a community-based teaching and learning project linking sustainability, working family housing, neighborhood social capital, and urban design research and development. The article foregrounds principles and protocols that can be used to measure community effectiveness and it highlights a basis for further…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Housing, Social Capital, Neighborhoods
James, Patricia; Maslin, Mindy; Pringle, Susan M.; Van Clief, Barbara – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
The University Green program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) is an urban forestry partnership between four universities and their surrounding communities. The program offers excellent strategies for fostering improved college-community relations and stewardship by students and residents alike. University Green aims to improve the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Forestry, Partnerships in Education, Horticulture
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Healey, Patsy – Ekistics, 1980
Reviews the history of planning education in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the present and assesses the relevance of British models to programs in other countries. (Author/WB)
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Planning, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education
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Tetteh, Austin – Ekistics, 1980
Presented is an overview of the development of planning education at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels in Africa. Future needs include greater program flexibility and more help for developing countries to establish their own planning education programs. (WB)
Descriptors: Community Planning, Developing Nations, Higher Education, International Educational Exchange
Benjamin, Lloyd W., III – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1994
Examines how this university extension project for urban studies and design assists small and large towns in Arkansas to cope with development problems. The project uses faculty, professionals, and student interns to assess situations and provides professional consulting and referral services and public informational programs. (JB)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Planning, Community Services, Cooperation