Two studies are reviewed which concern the analysis and use of attitudinal data to further enhance the understanding of urban travel. Both studies employed multidimensional scaling techniques. (Author/MA)

Reviews the development of urban history since the 1870s and describes the present variety of urban history studies. Current studies seem to focus on either macromodels and urban systems or on internal networks and densities. (Author/AV)

A program developed to introduce students to urban planning concepts answers the need for an interdisciplinary approach to urban ecology. (KM)

This examination of the social factors of urban adaptation of Navajo Indian migrants to Denver, Colorado--based on reference-membership group theory--attempts to isolate primary groups within the Navajo urban enclave'' to investigate the relationship of group membership to adaptation. (JM)

Discusses the interrelationship between environment and behavior in institutional settings and derives therefrom some understanding of the nature of decision that determines how people live. (Author)

Examines the supposition that insufficient privacy is stressful to the individual. Data were obtained from urban centers in New Zealand. Findings support the hypothesis that a percieved lack of privacy is associated with psychosomatic stress. The relationship is specified by measures of stress and sex of respondents. (Author)

Briefly reviews the papers in this journal issue, which focuses on the application of a social psychological perspective to the study of urban life. (Author/GC)

Proposes an alternative to Milgram's overload model of urban behavior. Suggests that intense, complex and/or novel stimuli may lead to positive as well as negative effects, and that this may vary across persons or over time. Presents data that confirm the importance of urban complexity as an organizing variable. (Author/GC)

Describes the variety of play spaces found in urban areas in Denmark: in banks, stores and individual businesses, neighborhood parks and small pocket playgrounds, specialized adventure and traffic playgrounds with supervised activities, and commercial amusement parks. (CM)

Shows how the advantages of ghetto living may be used in teaching communication and composition. (DD)

Finds that "much of the black-owned Southern housing would fall in the standard-marginal or substandard levels. Advocates that "all housing legislation should be aimed at implementing the mandates of the Housing Act of 1949 and 1968, a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family." (Author/JM)