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Conzen, Michael P. – Journal of Geography, 2010
Most towns were crucial to the initial colonization and economic development of the Great Plains. Many were, directly or indirectly, creatures of railroad corporate planning, owing their location as well as their physical layout to the townsite companies controlled by railroad officials. This article examines how these facts shaped the fundamental…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Transportation, Influence of Technology, Urban Studies
Lambiri, Dionysia; Biagi, Bianca; Royuela, Vicente – Social Indicators Research, 2007
Quality of life (QoL) is increasingly becoming a concept researched empirically and theoretically in the field of economics. In urban economics in particular, this increasing interest stems mainly from the fact that QoL affects urban competitiveness and urban growth: research shows that when households and businesses decide where to locate, QoL…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Quality of Life, Urbanization, Literature Reviews
Abrams, Charles; Kolodny, Robert – 1971
This glossary identifies and defines approximately a thousand words, terms, and slang applied to city life. Three goals exist for this limited glossary: 1) identifying some of the most relevant urban terms for the expert and layman; 2) defining them simply and accurately, expanding on the definition where clarification is necessary; and, 3) adding…
Descriptors: Glossaries, Sociology, Urban Areas, Urban Language
Miller, Thomas – Education Canada, 1973
A report on the progress of the projects on the urbanization studies being developed in the West. (Editor)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Teacher Developed Materials, Urban Studies

De Mott, John – Journalism Educator, 1974
Proposes and describes a program of graduate study providing the basic training for a news specialist in urban affairs. (TO)
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Journalism, News Media, News Reporting
Surgal, Joel R.; Yashon, Julius R. – Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 1971
A high school-level course utilizing a model from Constantine A. Doxiadis' study, Ekistics: The Science of Human Settlements, is discussed. The model is interdisciplinary and can be adapted for a wide variety of teaching techniques and social studies curricula. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Interdisciplinary Approach, Models, Social Sciences
Rollwagen, Jack R. – Urban Anthropology, 1975
An analysis is made of the questions that urban anthropologists ask and the perspectives that they adopt in their work. The first half of the article inquires into general questions and comparative methodology. The second half uses the case of the Puerto Ricans of Rochester, New York, to suggest how important and creative perspectives may be…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Conceptual Schemes, Models, Puerto Ricans

Goldstein, Gerald S.; Moses, Leon N. – Journal of Economic Literature, 1973
Concentrates on studies of growth, composition (industry and population), and spatial form of urban areas--models of growth and intraurban land use, and urban simulation and efforts to build large scale statistical models for analyzing the impact of government policies on patterns of urban development. (RJ)
Descriptors: Economic Research, Government Role, Land Use, Models
Sealey, Neil E. – 1982
Intended for college teachers of geography, especially those teaching about developing countries, this publication contains background information about urban conditions in India. Historical and contemporary accounts of urban planning are provided for three Indian cities. The city of Jaipur was built by a maharaja in the 18th century, long before…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Developing Nations, Geography Instruction, Higher Education

Prinz, Andrew K. – History Teacher, 1972
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, History Instruction, Secondary Education

Ward, Barbara – Social Education, 1972
Neighborhood construction, new towns, and urban counterpulls are promising concepts to control haphazard urban growth, in its Phase III since the Industrial Revolution. Developing nations are facing all three phases simultaneously. Concern for the environment may lead us away from the historically conditioned separation of social costs from…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Environmental Influences, Human Geography

Fischer, Claude S. – Social Forces, 1975
Three models are elaborated that predict an association between urbanism and nontraditional behavior. Secondary analysis of American survey data on religiosity, church attendance, and attitudes toward alcohol and birth control confirm the general urbanism-deviance association and suggest the accuracy of the model which regards such behavior as due…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Culture Conflict, Rural Urban Differences, Subcultures

Davidson, Chandler; Gaitz, Charles M. – Social Science Quarterly, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Cultural Interrelationships, Ethnic Groups, Mexican Americans
Shaw, Eugene F. – 1972
Despite large rural areas, the United States is basically an urban nation, particularly since the extensiveness and variety of communication networks, rather than open spaces, determine the true degree of urbanization of a region or community. A region is urban to the extent that its interpersonal and media channels are developed. The metropolitan…
Descriptors: College Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Characteristics, Information Theory
Western Curriculum Project on Canada Studies, Edmonton (Alberta). – 1972
This progress report of the curriculum development project aimed at the study of Canada's urban areas through examination of Canadian writings covers the project's first two years. The initial proposal and early planning is reported in ED 055 010. The primary difficulties, after the formation of the team, entailed acquiring release time, arranging…
Descriptors: Canadian Literature, Curriculum Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literary Criticism