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Download full textBrown, Lester R.; And Others – 1987
This book was developed to highlight the risks that confront societies, and to indicate the most promising avenues for preemptive policies and actions. The document contains chapters on: (1) the emergence of change; (2) analyzing demographic factors; (3) assessing the future of urbanization; (4) reassessing nuclear power (including an analysis of…
Descriptors: Air Pollution, Conservation (Environment), Demography, Depleted Resources
Day, JoAnn; O'Connor, James – 1977
In this study a model of the relationship between urbanization, school system variables and the sex composition of the teaching profession is developed. In the cross sectional analysis of data from 1870, the relationship between urbanization and the feminization of this occupation is explained in terms of length of the school year, the enrollment…
Descriptors: American History, Bureaucracy, Demography, Economic Factors
Newark Board of Education, NJ. Dept. of Curriculum Services. – 1973
This is a curriculum guide for the study of the city of Newark, New Jersey, in grade 3 social studies classes. Included are suggested lessons plans, curriculum resources, and instructional activities designed to provide information on the city's growth and development and to increase children's understanding of people's relation to their…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Resources, Community Services, Cultural Differences
Brown, Lester R. – 1981
This publication discusses worldwide problems and issues of concern. There are two major parts. Part I deals with "Converging Demands." For those who regularly read the Worldwatch Papers, much of the material in this section will be familiar. The material is included here particularly for the sake of those readers abroad who do not have…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Energy, Food, Futures (of Society)
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1976
This report presents the proceedings of a working group convened in Copenhagen in November 1975 by the World Health Organization to discuss the problems of children 5 to 9 years. The report focuses on a survey of the general problems of European children of this particular age, individual risk factors, and individual groups at risk, and suggests…
Descriptors: Accidents, Children, Conference Reports, Emotional Problems
DAKIN, RALPH E. – 1967
THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPED IN THIS MONOGRAPH (PART OF A KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY SERIES ON COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) FOCUSES ON THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURING OF COMMUNITIES BOTH LARGE AND SMALL, THE CHARACTER OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND OF INTERACTION IN COMMUNITIES, (INCLUDING PATTERNS OF VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Planning, Community Problems, Conflict Resolution
Lakshmanan, T. R.; And Others – 1977
The resource paper examines urban problems related to the environment. It is suitable for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in urban geography, economic development and environment, urban environment, and environmental policy analysis. The paper is organized in five chapters. The introduction traces the concern with environmental quality…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Environmental Standards
Mayer, Harold M. – 1969
This resource paper on urban geography is part of a series designed to supplement undergraduate geography courses. It sets forth some of the principles of urban geography with special reference to form development and land uses within cities. Chapter one examines the legal, administrative, population, dentistry, and functional definitions of a…
Descriptors: Geographic Concepts, Geographic Regions, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
Stohr, Walter B. – 1974
This resource paper on economic geography is part of a series designed to supplement undergraduate geography courses. It interprets regional economic development in terms of geographic spatial patterns of production, income, and physical or economic distance. Chapter two outlines some selected characteristics of spatial disparities of economic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economics, Geographic Concepts
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1974
Compiled by the members of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Rural Development, this series of papers presents varying views on rural land-use issues. The 19 papers are titled as follows: (1) "Planning: Some questions, Answers, and Issues"; (2) "Evolution of Planning Theory and Practice: A Response to Changing Problems and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Case Studies, Census Figures, Change Strategies
Gasson, Ruth – 1974
The study concerns the impact of nonfarm employment opportunities on the hired farm labor force and is based on surveys of labor on farms near one new, one expanded, and one old-established town in eastern England, supplemented with findings of other British studies on mobility of farm workers. The main questions considered are the influence of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment Opportunities, Farm Labor, Farmers
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
The goal of this curriculum development project is to promote student initiated research into problems of the inner city. Initial project planning is reported in ED 055 012. Emphasis in this annual report is placed on the teacher's role in program development. The first section clarifies how the developers believe teachers should be involved in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Inner City
Corley, Clifford L.; Koch, Norman E. – 1970
The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe background information and possible indicators for future planning of elementary education, as a prerequisite to planning realistic education programs for early childhood and elementary school teachers. Developments considered include population growth, changing cultural characteristics,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration
Buck, Roy C., Ed.; Lyons, William E., Ed. – 1966
Numerous readings on the urbanizing society are presented, with guidelines for study and discussion, session by session. The first three sessions cover community development as a point of view and problems of a changing economic base--fixed human and nonhuman assets as aids and obstacles, and a realistic policy of industrial development. Two…
Descriptors: City Government, Community, Community Action, Community Development
Metropolitan Planning Dept. of Marion County, Indianapolis, IN. – 1968
This training program for officials and staff of the Metropolitan Planning Department of Marion County, Indiana, is initiated as an integral part of the comprehensive continuing planning program for the Indianapolis-Marion County metropolitan area. Training for the two groups consists of two separate but integrated activities. For the officials,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum, Housing, Inservice Education
