A report on the progress of the projects on the urbanization studies being developed in the West. (Editor)

Presents a study of the causes leading to the adoption of commission and managerial administrative structures and their subsequent abandonment by 267 of America's largest cities during the period 1900-1942. Event-history methods of analysis are used. (Author/AM)

Hong Kong International School has made extensive use of city resources in teaching concepts of government, world affairs, urban geography, economic geography, and macro-economics, in ways that may be replicated in other urban centers. (MB)

Some scholars have suggested that a negative consequence of strengthening child support enforcement is to encourage fathers to shift from regular sector to underground employment. We employ data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to investigate the relationship between the strength of child support enforcement (CSE) and levels of…

Urban studies departments are generally aimed toward synthesizing social science knowledge about the urban phenomena. The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the assumptions underlying this new attempt by economists, sociologists, and other social scientists to build a synthesis of social science knowledge upon man's urban condition.…

The black college can best serve its predominantly urban minority community by addressing itself to the problems of the city and developing viable urban related programs. Several types of program approaches and curriculum alterations are discussed from a functional perspective, based on the realities of present resources and future societal needs.…

The results of eleven distance estimation studies made in seven cities and five countries are reported. Distances were estimated between various points within the cities in which the subjects were resident. In general, undergraduate residents' distance estimates correlated highly with actual distance, but the nonundergraduate group's did not.…

Investigates the validity of the stereotype that a city can be measured by its skyline by looking at the skyline boom of the 1960s, components of a skyline, factors of its importance, and ranking U.S. cities by their skylines. (ND)

Bridgeport may be considered a "typical" American city with an active historical past. However, few records of local history have been collected. The public library, which has an existing collection on genealogy and 19th century history, has initiated a program to actively seek archival collections. (JAB)

Findings of this study indicate a high positive evaluation by participants of the Great Lakes Colleges Association--Philadelphia Urban Semester program, designed to help students understand the city, develop self-understanding, and to learn about a field of work related to occupational goals. (MB)

Lists five units of instruction, available from ERIC, for teaching about U.S. history. The units span the K-12 social studies curriculum, focusing on such topics as immigration, women, and urban development. (RKM)

URBIN, formed in February 1974, is an informal local level group of urban affairs librarians. (Author)

An interview with an urban planner for the city of Los Angeles reviews approaches to solutions to environmental problems. (KM)