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Leedy, Daniel L.; Adams, Lowell W. – 1984
This guide is designed to provide interested citizens (including homeowners, youths, and community leaders) with guidance and ideas on how to plan and manage for urban and suburban wildlife. In addition, it suggests how to enhance recreational, aesthetic, educational, and economic benefits associated with good diversified habitats and sound fish…
Descriptors: Animals, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education
Stanback, Thomas, Jr.; Drennan, Matthew – 1978
The objective stated for this monograph is to provide some insights regarding the nature of urban economic systems and their growth processes which will be useful in formulating developmental policy. A foreword (by Eli Ginzberg) provides background on the history of and present challenge to reshape manpower policies and programs for cities…
Descriptors: Community Change, Demography, Economic Change, Labor Force Development
Hammes, Richard R. – J Educ Res, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Educational Facilities, Faculty
Download full textDepartment of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report describes the process of drawing up a national urban policy, summarizes the views presented at various forums, and sketches much of the data and analyses relied upon by urban policymakers. Part I summarizes the process of American urbanization leading to the emergence of a new stage in urban development. Part II describes changing…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Policy Formation, Public Policy, Urban Areas
HUGHES, IEUAN, ED.; TSO, PRISCILLA, ED. – 1964
THE CONFERENCE PAPERS DEAL MAINLY WITH THE PROPER EXTRAMURAL ROLE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN UNIVERSITIES, THE EXTENSIVE ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, EXTRAMURAL EDUCATION FOR PHILIPPINE WOMEN, THE PHILOSOPHY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES EXTERNAL STUDIES PROGRAM AND THE ROLE OF ITS LABOR RELATIONS CENTER IN…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Business, Extension Education, Industry
Kim, Dong I.; And Others – 1977
Theories of social change suggest that both anomy and alienation should increase among low-income people experiencing rapid social change. To more sharply distinguish the causal relationship between social change and the state of peoples' minds in rural and semirural areas of the South, separate hypotheses were developed for anomy (Durkheim's…
Descriptors: Alienation, Definitions, Factor Analysis, Low Income Counties
Ostolaza, Jose Luis – 1975
Investigating the distinction between submetropolitanization and decentralization of industry, the "Datafile for National Sample of Nonmetropolitan Counties" (a 10 percent national sample, involving 205 counties) was employed to test the following hypotheses: (1) the nearer the county to a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA), the higher…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Demography, Distance, Employment Patterns
Rogers, George W. – 1971
Utilizing U.S. census data and vital statistics (births and deaths adjusted to residence as provided by the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services), this statistical report presents a comparative analysis of Alaska Native population trends. Specifically, the following are presented via tabular and narrative analysis: (1) general…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
1970
Economic trends in the 1960's in the Iowa rural renewal area, Appanoose and Monroe counties, show that the level of economic activity increased in the area but was clearly below the level for the state. Economic trends suggest that to provide economic opportunities in the area, by 1980, comparable to those available on the average to all residents…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Services, Design Requirements, Economic Factors
Scott, George D.; And Others – 1969
As a part of the National Study of American Indian Education, this report seeks to bring together information concerning the characteristics and problems of American Indians in Chicago. Information in the document is based on interviews and observations of Indians in the community and the schools between August of 1968 and July of 1969. Over 200…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Education, Employment Patterns
Kurtz, Norman Rudolph – 1966
The term gatekeepers in the context of this study is used to describe an individual who acts as a link between Spanish Americans and the urban culture system by introducing Spanish Americans to situations in which they can become socialized to Anglo urban roles. A sample of 73 gatekeepers in the city of Denver, Colorado, was selected on a…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Culture, Cluster Grouping, Role Perception
Spiegelman, Robert G. – 1966
Agglomeration--the clustering of people, businesses, or structures within an area--is investigated for two purposes: (1) defining the nature of agglomeration and erecting a suitable agglomeration theory, and (2) suggesting further research. These two objectives are seen as being vital to help improve the economic well-being of rural people by…
Descriptors: Economics, Industry, Migration Patterns, Models
Bostian, Lloyd R. – 1974
This paper reviews various studies of media development patterns, all pointing to mass media growth's association with urbanization. The development and use of mass media differs greatly among urban, suburban, and rural areas. However, media development patterns are similar among countries, differing in the stage but not the pattern of media…
Descriptors: Communications, Community Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Sargent, Charles A. – 1970
The impact of urbanization on the residents of Hendricks County, Indiana is described in this report. Some costs and benefits of this process are enumerated. Data were obtained in 1968 from 25 state and local officials and businessmen, and from 116 interviews with farm and non-farm residents in Washington Township. The process of urbanization is…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Services, Economic Change, Education
Johansen, Sigurd – 1973
The bulletin provides data on New Mexico's population. Information is given on population size, distribution, and composition; topography and climate; urban and rural population changes; racial and ethnic characteristics; age and sex composition; fertility and mortality; population mobility; nativity; income; marital status; and education. A brief…
Descriptors: Demography, Education, Ethnic Groups, Income
