Air pollution in urban areas is an expression of the poor management of our total environment, and its control goes far beyond the correction of individual sources. (Author)

Suggests methods of teaching principles of geological inference by observation of sidewalks, parking lots, school grounds, and vacant lots. (AL)

Discusses the effects of migrations on urbanization, and the resulting ecological segregation. Conflict is considered to result from competition of groups for scarce resources. Cooperative revitalization of downtown business areas is recommended. (DM)

Reviews New York City's Environmental Protection Administration two-year effort in air, water, noise, and solid waste pollution control. Successes and difficulties are seen as applicable to other urban areas. Long-term planning considers population control, poverty programs, traffic management, and land use. (JM)

The theory of ecological competition, as used to explain community structure and specialization within species, also applies to the problem of coexistence among fast-food restaurants. This analogy is used in a simple laboratory exercise designed to teach competition theory and start students thinking about the urban environment from an ecological…

Discusses hedonic technique and application to housing markets, specifying pertinent structural and neighborhood characteristics and focusing on data of house sales in Baltimore (Maryland) area. After treatment of each neighborhood characteristic (including crime and schools), hedonic price regressions are estimated and interpreted and policy…

Linear strips of land associated with highways, electrical transmission lines, gas/oil pipelines (called right-of-way or ROWs) are inhibited by a variety of wildlife and offer a unique opportunity to study the wildlife in the urban setting. Types of wildlife found in and importance of ROWs are discussed. (JN)

Interview data from 400 middle-class elderly people indicate that those who were more satisfied with their dwellings were less favorably disposed to stimulating or novel environments, were happier with their lives, traveled less frequently, lived longer in their present residences, were homeowners, and reported fewer financial difficulties.…

Describes a unit for upper-elementary social studies classes on the socioeconomic, environmental, and personal consequences of choosing among various modes of urban travel. In 11 episodes, students learn about the dimensions of urban travel and record their preferences on a cumulative decision-making chart. (AM)

Discusses the role of management in achieving environmental health and the need for a core of general environmental education courses in college programs aimed at producing urban managers and environmental health officers. Identifies three subgoals of environmental health: social order, visual order, and psychological order. (DC)

Reviews a book that surveys the field of human urban biology and assesses the needs for further research. Summarizes seventeen chapters which include topics such as human genetics, the human biology of buildings, social disturbances affecting young people, and various urban-rural comparisons. (CS)

The urban university must directly respond to the special needs of the community in which it is located. The university should reflect its commitment to the city through its instructional programs, the interests of its faculty, the character of its student body, and the openness of its events and facilities to the public. (Author/GC)

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has developed a program for attracting wildlife to urban areas. It has inventoried available urban lands and provides information on managing undeveloped urban land to attract wildlife such as songbirds and small mammals. (RE)

Investigated predictive validity of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test, using the Wide Range Achievement Test as criterion. Urban children referred for psychological evaluations were administered both instruments. Regression analyses were conducted. Results indicate the S-B IQ significantly predicts WRAT standard scores. (Author)