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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1973, Vol. 01, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Neighborhood Mobilization in Black Omaha: Some Observations," by Kwame Poku Annor.

The decade of the sixties was a period of major economic, political, and social change in large central cities; yet few major institutional innovations were adopted to enable the cities to cope more effectively with the new conditions. The failure of central cities to solve their more pressing problems and rising expectations among the disadvantaged led to agitation for major reform in the institutions of municipal government.

Incentive Study: Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency Missouri Riverfront Development Program, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This section presents a description of special incentives that could be used to attract commercial, industrial, and housing investment into the Riverfront Development area - particularly into the low income and deteriorated sections of the RDP. Special incentives in this paper refer to tax and non-tax inducements that may be used to reduce the cost and/or risk of commercial, industrial, and housing investment into the RDP. Specific recommendations are presented in section, Four.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1973, Vol. 01, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Issues in School Desegregation" by Peter E. Pflaum.

The current school desegregation crisis in Omaha makes a review of the issues in school desegregation especially relevant. Desegregation first referred to the dismantling of the southern dual school systems. The general principle is that the racial identity of schools should be removed. There should not be 'black' schools or 'white' schools, just schools. Since 1964, the courts have acted not only where the segregation was 'de jure' (by law) but in cases of 'de facto' segregation (where segregation existed without clear action …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1973, Vol. 01, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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Although employment conditions in the Omaha SMSA present an overall view of relative prosperity and economic well-being, there is a wide disparity between black and white employment by occupation.² This disparity, along with an equally disturbing income disparity between blacks and whites in similar occupation groups, merits the immediate attention of local businessmen, politicians, and concerned citizens.

In market terms, a common explanation for black-white employment and income differentials hinges on differences in educational (i .e., skill) levels. Hence, a person's employability potential is to a large extent a function of educational preparation, and one would expect rather wide …

Uno Enrollment Trends And Projections To 1977, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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While student enrollment has declined in most public and private colleges in Nebraska, the University of Nebraska at Omaha has experienced substantial growth over the past five years. From 1968 to 1972, UNO gained a total of 2,329 students; an annual growth rate of 5.4 percent (see Tables I, II, and III). During this period, the number of full-time students enrolled at UNO increased at an annual rate of 4.0 percent while part-time enrollment increased at an annual rate of 7.1 percent. Although first-time freshmen normally account for a large part of an institution's growth, the 1968-1972 period for UNO …

Education Profile: Omaha And The State, Lawrence A. Mazzotta

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The purpose of the compilation of statistical data offered here is to present an accurate enumeration of enrollment patterns as they exist as of Fall 1972.

Study Of The Omaha Area Delivery System For Social Welfare, Health, Education, Employment, Courts, Law And Recreation (With Emphasis On Programs And Services For Women And Girls), David W. Hinton, Ralph H. Todd

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This report was compiled over a four-month period of time, ending March 1973, and was made possible, in part, by a grant from the YWCA to the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Sections of the study include welfare, education, health, employment, jobs, courts, religious organizations and recreation. In each section the focus was on obtaining an average understanding of the scope of activity taking place with special emphasis on facilities and services for girls and women.

Omaha Profile Of Change, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The age structure of a population provides a base for assessing present social and economic conditions as well as the starting point for predicting future population trends.

With an overall median age of 32.0 years, Omaha's population in 1950 (the unshaded population pyramid on page 3) had a sizeable proportion of its population of working age, but lacked school-age and young adult population. The four areas for which data were available paralleled the city's profile, with the closest match in the Northeast and Southeast.

Nebraska Population Projections: State, County, Region, And Town: 1975-2020, Vernon Renshaw, John P. Zipay, Duane Hackmann

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Many types of planning efforts depend on information about the future size and composition of the population. The projections in this report are intended for use in planning. Even under the best of circumstances, however, making projections that accurately indicate future prospects is difficult. Therefore, caution should be exercised when using these or any population projections.

The population projections in this report are the direct product of specific assumptions about future trends infertility, mortality, and migration. These assumptions, in turn, are based on information about past trends in factors which are considered to be the principal determinants of population change. …

Housing And Community Development In The Nebraska-Iowa Riverfront Project Area, 1973, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This report is concerned with housing and community development in the six county Riverfront Development Project (RDP) area. The six counties are: Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington Counties in Nebraska and Harrison, Mills, and Pottawattamie Counties in Iowa.

Delineations of the RDP study area and methodology and sample design for the 1973 Housing Survey are presented in Section One. A housing profile of 27 subareas is presented in Section Two. Changes in basic housing conditions for the six counties are presented in Section Three. Section Four provides an area-wide analysis of the 1973 Housing Survey, a 93 item questionnaire completed by …

Occupational Estimates And Projections Of The Omaha Smsa, David W. Hinton

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Local and regional planners have long recognized the need for detailed information on past, present, and projected occupational needs. Ideally, data on: (I) the number of workers employed, (2) their years of job experience, (3) their years and type of job training, (4) the number of workers to retire in the near future, (5) the number of new workers needed due to expected expansion, and (6) the salary levels of the various occupations for each firm and industry in the local economy should be available to describe occupational patterns. Such information would also provide a sound framework for projecting changes …

A Study Of Needs And Opinions Regarding A Proposed Downtown Educational Center, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The basic purpose for the study was to ascertain the need for continuing adult education within the Omaha community. The research focused on the perceived needs and attitudes toward a Downtown Education Center of four different target groups.

Intercity Industrial Tax Comparisons, 1971-1973, Ralph H. Todd

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This study presents the results of efforts to update the intercity comparisons of state and local taxes on manufacturing firms as reported in a 1972 study entitled "Intercity Comparison of Taxes on lndustry." The intent of this study is to determine the changing tax position of Omaha relative to other cities since 1971. Recommendations for improving the attractiveness of Omaha as a site for industrial location are provided in the final section.