Presents survey data indicating that residence in urban areas is not correlated with distrust of neighbors but is correlated with distrust of other people in the wider community. (Author/MK)

Institutional and neighborhood cultures retreat from each other and form self-contained entities, or confront one another with one faction remaining dominant. A merging of the cultures can only be achieved by acknowledging the cultures that differentiate the segments of the urban community. (Author/CT)

A study was conducted to determine which attributes of expressways impacted resident satisfaction of tenants, to determine the importance of these factors relative to other factors impacting satisfaction, and to identify land use implications of the findings. Expressway environments were found to have serious impact on residents of apartments in…

A study of the impact of community policing on calls for service, crime, and narcotics cases in four Houston (Texas) neighborhoods used time series analysis and examined lagged and dynamic effects. The analysis indicated that the community policing programs had no significant impact on neighborhood crime. (SLD)

Downtown developments have saved some cities from collapse but don't make up for the loss of federal funds, nor do they provide jobs or housing suitable for most inner city residents. Nothing, however, has hurt the inner cities more than drug use. (DM)

Asserts that many composition instructors design courses around theories driven by two narratives of progress: solitary struggle; or earning placement by the dominant social order through passivity. Argues that these approaches are counterproductive and alienate the underclass, ensuring high failure rates at urban colleges and sending students…

The widening disparity between wealth and poverty is the major obstacle to racial conciliation in the United States. Organized labor is the most important vehicle for challenging the widening gap between rich and poor to work for racial and economic justice. (SLD)

Studied perspectives of 192 principals and 148 teachers in urban schools with regard to the challenges of urban teaching. Findings suggest that many of the challenge areas suggested in the literature on urban teachers were not ranked as very important by these educators, making the point that not all urban schools face the same challenges. (SLD)

Immigration, both legal and illegal, has a profound impact on the United States. The public policy implications of immigration include the impact on population growth, employment, wages, taxes, and social spending. In 1994, a net total of between 900,000 and 1.1 million immigrants were added to the foreign-born population of the United States.…

Questions the rationale for and possible consequences of political decentralization of New York City. Suggests that the disadvantages--reduced level of professionalism, increased expense in multiple government operation, "stabilization" of residential segregation, necessity for budget negotiations because of public disclosure of tax…

Excerpts from speech presented to the Annual Conference of State Legislative Leaders (Honolulu, Hawaii, December, 1968).

The "Chicago School" is the communications legacy left by late nineteenth and early twentieth century Chicago sociologists and journalists. It represents a research tradition of participant-observation and urban journalism concerned with the quality of urban life, as well as a commitment to solving urban problems through civic…

This general bibliography contains current sources on urban and regional planning. Most citations date from 1973 through 1975, and some are annotated. The bulk of the documents are commercially published books, bulletins, project reports, and studies on urban studies, urban planning, regional planning, and city planning and problems. Citations are…

A speech by the U.S. Commissioner of Education discusses the urgency of finding solutions to problems of urban education. He states that the most important issues to be faced are the metropolitanization of the country and the anticipated high birth rate within the major population centers. Increasing too are the demands for better service from all…