Examines panel data from the National Survey of Black Americans for 623 adults with regard to predictors of African-American quality of life between 1980 and 1992. Objective measures indicate that the situation for African Americans has declined or stagnated during this period, but subjective measures provide an unclear picture of African-American…

Used 1996 Canadian census data to examine the spatial structure and intensity of urban deprivation in Montreal. Analysis of 20 indicators of urban deprivation identified 6 main types of deprivation in the city and found that they were most visible on the Island of Montreal. Urban deprivation was not confined to the inner city. (SM)

Explores the ironies of urban reform faced by social scientists and other elite professional reformers that resulted from the clash of two American values (science and democracy), focusing on the Mobilization for Youth program. Reveals the inherent conflict between the utilization of highly credentialed experts in the enhancement of mass-scale…

The harsh realities public libraries must face include the low esteem in which cities are held, city-dwellers' doubt of themselves, shrinking financial resources, and decreased readership. (Author/PF)

While the extension concept is historically linked to rural populations through the original land grant college movement, the population requiring assistance has now broadened and shifted to an essentially urban one. Several alternative functions for extension programs in urban areas are outlined which will require a new resource and clientele…

Urges urban high school journalists and their advisers to assess the nature of press responsibility to report, interpret, and comment on community problems. (RB)

The 143 listings of this general bibliography provide the most current information on urban and regional planning. Most of the entries date from 1973 to 1975 and are comprised of commercially published books, reports, papers, and studies. The citations also include foreign documents. Some entries are annotated. Citations are alphabetized by author…

A selected bibliography of films, filmstrips, slides, and audio tapes about urban problems was compiled by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Over two hundred titles are listed under subject headings ranging from architecture and building standards to ghetto problems and urban planning and redevelopment. Each entry contains a short…

There has been much talk in the last 10 years about the responsibility of higher education to help solve the urban crisis, yet little has been done. There are some measures the university can take to alleviate the educational plight of the urban poor, the major one of which is to do what they have traditionally done best: teach. The universities…

Livingston College of Rutgers University, N.J., has established an Urban Communications Teaching and Research Center. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it offers an innovative approach to the study of communications systems in urban society, consolidating course offerings, independent study, internships, community service and research. Its…

The University Urban Interface Program (UUIP) at the University of Pittsburgh provides a major challenge to the university. Through study and research of various issues, it is the hope of the project directors that they will be able to assist other interested institutions in preparing themselves to respond and adapt to the challenges of urban…

Urban planners and policy makers are concerned that the image of cities conveyed to metropolitan viewers over television is predominantly negative. Locational and investment decisions may be influenced by the level of confidence inspired by such images. Television viewers perceive that their chance of experiencing violence in the city is higher…

Presents brief overview of the development of urban studies, from its origins in the "urban crisis" of the 1960's to the present trend toward study of the terrapolis, the world system of interdependent metropolitan areas. Focuses on the role of "Urban Affairs Quarterly," changing definitions of the "city," and the…

Describes the urban decay and deconcentration process in the St. Louis metropolitan area and its relationship to changes in local public schools. Offers evidence suggesting that schools are as much victims of urban decay as causes of it. (CMG)