This resource handbook provides facts about gangs in Austin (Texas) and suggests ways parents and the community can work to reduce the city's gang problem. Criminal street gangs are becoming one of the most serious crime problems in Texas today, with 38 major cities reporting the presence of gangs. Texas gangs are defined as social, delinquent,…

This manual is a comprehensive guide to identifiers of gang activities and memberships. The "People" and "Folks" concepts it uses represent the two main divisions of street gang affiliation. Gangs that belong to the "People" nation use the left side as an identifier, use a five-pointed star as an emblem, and claim…

The ETF can be distinguished from other citizens' groups because (1) it addresses itself to problemsolving, not just study, analysis, or the advancement of recommendations; (2) it does not merely make recommendations to the Board of Education, but also to the State legislature, State administrative agencies, school districts, police, and courts;…

Los Angeles city has acute air pollution problems because of lack of an adequate mass transit system and the type of local industries. Air pollution in Los Angeles has affected agricultural production, vegetation, and public health in nearby areas. (PS)

Reviews attack on fire safety in high rise buildings made by a group of experts representing the iron and steel industry at a recent conference. According to one expert, fire problems are people oriented, which calls for emphasis on fire prevention rather than reliance on fire suppression and for fire pretection to be built into a structure.…

Account of four senior aerospace engineers, each acting as Science and Technology Advisor to the City Manager'' of the cities of Anaheim, Fresno, Pasadena, and San Jose, California. The objective is to bring the technological expertise of the aerospace engineer to bear on the problems of Urban management. (LK)

Viewing the city as a system of human services, the author emphasizes the need to coordinate the various educational, cultural, social, transportation, and communication services into an integrated whole. In addition, such an "Experimental City would have an optimum size and flexible community structures. (LC)

Solution to a special problem of space utilization in an urban area. (Author/RA)

This article describes an urban health system in which professional responsibility can be developed in individuals trained in less than two years." (Author)

Discusses how the proposed urban enterprise zones would solve problems of inner-city areas. The zones are designed to provide tax incentives which would attract new businesses to the inner city, create new jobs, and revitalize urban centers. (AM)

Based on an examination of 70 cities, greater dominance of cities is found to be positively related to their long-term per capita debt. The results are examined from both natural and planned system models, each of which suggests different policy implications. (Author/GC)