Cities are complex systems. But they are incomplete systems. In this incompleteness lies the possibility of making--making the urban, the political, the civic, a history. The urban is not alone in having these characteristics, but these characteristics are a necessary part of the DNA of the urban. Every city is distinct and so is every discipline…

Describes various reference tools that would be useful to urban researchers, including bibliographies, indexing and abstracting services, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, yearbooks, and directories on urban studies, political science, and economics. (For journal availability, see UD 509 682.) (Author/MJL)

Three simulations developed at the Henry George School, New York, and used by students in the City-As-School program in New York City to understand patterns in the growth and economics of their city, are described. Information for ordering the games is included. (JH)

Over 190 listings comprise this general bibliography. The bibliography presents sources of information on architecture and design, economics, energy, landscape and landscape architecture, and urban concepts. Listings provide current information on these topics. Most date from 1972 through 1975. The bulk of the documents are project reports,…

Examines the proposition that metropolitan functional differentiation is related to levels of industrial conflict. Differentiation was measured by specialization of metropolitan areas in particular types of production. Findings indicate that metropolitan functional specialization provides insight into the number of disputes that occur rather than…

Reported is a demonstration of the use of basic economic principles to aid local governments in decision making. The problem analyzed in this study is the possible acquisition and development of a golf course by the City of San Buenaventura, California. Three purchasing alternatives and several financing options are examined. Researchers conclude…

Considerable amounts of money already come into the cities and the black communities, but go right out as payments to absentee landlords, exploitative merchants, credit gougers, and loan sharks, as well as in support of the colonial management system. (Author/JM)

Building on the work of Charles Tiebout (1956), presents a consumer choice model in which tax-service ratios at different locations in the metropolitan area and family income are determinants of residential location. Then considers the implications of two possible solutions to urban area fiscal problems -- revenue sharing and metropolitan…

This report describes the Urban Economics Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara; presents copies of research reports on public policy developed by program participants; and includes summaries of lectures on efficient pricing, microeconomics, mathematical programming, production function, political decision-making, marginal utility…

This is the first of a series of 20 bibliographies providing information on a variety of topics. One hundred and forty-two listings comprise the bibliography on the topics of architecture and design, economics, education, energy, environment, housing, land use, landscape, planning, politics and government, recreation, social conditions,…

Discusses the nature of urban history, general guides to Canadian urban history, teaching aids, the urban "biography," and thematic approaches such as economic growth and metropolitan development, urban population, and urban government and politics. (KC)

Presented in this 41-page bibliography are current listings of general information on architecture, citizen role, communications, economics, ecology, educational development,urban studies, environmental education, land use, recreation, and city planning. Some of the listings contain annotations and most date from 1974 through 1975. The bulk of the…

Reexamines the author's 1969 paper "The Geography of the U.S. in the Year 2000." Discusses the new interplay of countervailing pressures that bring about change in the urban environment. Discusses the effects of information-age technologies. States that change in the nature of change should be probed continually. (DB)

Describes the five main urban studies centers in London (England). Recommends that more urban studies centers should be established with secure funding, that urban study centers should act as school and community resources, and that different agencies should join forces to provide funds for a network of urban studies centers. (TW)

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…