Describes a strategic plan developed at a community mental health center, the Summit Center for Human Development, to deal with its own survival while public demand increases, and federal and state programs are cut back. Examines current and prospective services and outlines directions for enhancing the mandated and optional services provided…

Two rail-served Alaskan ports are examined with the purpose of explaining traffic volume trends in terms of demand variations and characteristics of the rail connections. (Author/AV)

A living systems model of community development has been synthesized from elements of three perspectives: (1) a global movement toward more sustainable patterns of human development that is identifying indicators of community health in a wide range of categories; (2) research on the complex interactions of living systems that make life on earth…

Describes how, in California, the Santa Clara County school system recognizes a responsibility to promote integration, by operating a Planning Resources Office that works to end bias in hosing, which so often has thwarted educators because it permits them to touch only on the edges of the problem. (Author/JM)

Describes how a board, community officials, and developers work closely together to plan for new schools in the rapidly growing suburb of Schaumburg Township, Illinois. (JF)

Discusses the activities and attitudes of a group of academicians active in one area of current social change--race relations--in a mideastern urban area, with respect to their roles and their institutions' roles in the current social change. (Author/JM)

Part of a series of articles entitled "Environment and the Child.

New York representatives Jack Kemp and Robert Garcia have introduced a bill in Congress that proposes to entice business to and create jobs in blighted urban areas by offering federal tax breaks. While the bill has gained some support, the suspicion remains that the plan will ultimately benefit business at the expense of the poor. (Author/MJL)

A college instructor discusses his experiences in leading a student field study and planning project centered on the traditional rural African Market. Students benefitted from their work, but the instructor was unable to convince his colleagues about the project's validity. (Author/WB)

Presents a framework for formulating urbanization policies and discusses the application of this paradigm in the context of Islamic ideology. Operationalization of the framework is developed as a five-step sequence. (Author/WB)

Presents the findings of a community planning survey of law enforcement personnel regarding their views of drug and alcohol problems. Results were used in planning for a public inebriate grant, providing input into the legislative process through testimony to the legislature, and for identifying training needs in drugs and alcohol. (Author)

Community advisory boards are now required for local public broadcasting in order to qualify for funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). This discussion identifies some management decisions common to all stations, explores alternative strategies and role prescriptions, and offers suggestions on operational details. (CMV)

Explains how studying a floodplain can help students analyze the interactions between humans and the physical environment. Analyzes data from two cities in California to demonstrate that housing prices did not rebound after a flood. (GG)

Discusses the services provided by the Rural Information Center (RIC), a joint project of the Extension Service and the National Agricultural Library designed to provide information and referral services to local government officials. Numerous examples of requests received by the RIC and the services provided in response to those requests are…