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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1982, Vol. 10, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "University Alumni: Their Involvement with UNO," by Rebecca S. Fahrlander.

This study was done in cooperation with the UNO Alumni Association for the purpose of obtaining information regarding the impact of UNO alumni on the University. This report analyzes data on the participation of alumni in various events, enrollment in courses, and utilization of campus facilities.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1982, Vol. 10, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Finding Rental Housing Difficult for Parents," by Tim Himberger.

The nation's economic condition is having an enormous effect on one of its most important social structures, the American family. To retain this integral part of society, adequate housing must be available.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Review of Trends in Pottawattamie County," Roger Corbin.

Pottawattamie County, Iowa (Map 1) has been unable to maintain the growth experienced during the decade from 1950 to 1960. The 1980 Census showed a count of 86,500, a loss of 491 or .6 percent from the 1970 Census. (See Table 1.)

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Broadening the Sales Tax Base in Nebraska," by H. Wade German and Mary D. Sianis.

With the demand for state and local government services increasing at a rate greater than most present tax structures can accommodate, either additional resources must be shifted from the private to the public sector, or public services must be adjusted within tax revenue expectations. The recent debates surrounding the extension of the additional one-half percent sales tax in Omaha and the continuing public pressure to minimize the burden of taxation highlight the basic problem that, at …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Components of Change in Sarpy County," by Roger Corbin.

Demographic change in Sarpy County has been dramatic for the past several decades. From each period from 1950 through 1970 the county at least doubled in population. In 1980 however, with the 1970 base number of 66,200, the dramatic rate of gain of the previous decades simply could not be maintained. (See Table 1.) The recorded growth in the 1970's nevertheless was very significant with a gain of 19,815 or 29.9 percent, numerically larger than the 1950-1960 increase.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "An Analysis of the Omaha Apartment Market," by Donald A. Nielsen and John P. Zipay.

The housing construction industry has always been looked on as one of the key indicators of the American economy. When the economy was soaring, the housing industry often saw favorable conditions. In the past several years, however, it has not seen the best of times. New residential starts, both locally and nationally, appear to be headed for a 1981 total that falls far below the levels of only a few years ago.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Distribution of the NMFF Funds in Omaha," by Jack Ruff and Larry Lavelle.

In the spring of 1980, the Nebraska Mortgage Finance Fund (NMFF) through the issuance of bonds made 150 million dollars available to be used by first-time low and moderate income home buyers. This money was to provide these buyers an opportunity to purchase "sanitary, safe, and uncrowded" dwellings.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Omaha Area Demographic Change 1970-80," by David R. DiMartino; compilations by Jim Farho; and cartography by Jason Chen and Eric Myers.

Data from the 1980 Census ofPopu· lation and Housing are confirming and adding detail to the anticipated demographic trends of the 1970's. This issue of the Review examines those demographic trends for Omaha and Douglas County. With 311,681 people in 1980, Omaha included nearly one-fifth (19.9 percent) of Nebraska's 1,5 70,006 people. Furthermore, Douglas County included one-quarter (25.3 percent) of the state's population, and the Nebraska portion of the Omaha …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Demographic Changes in Nebraska 1970-80," by David R. DiMartino and cartography by Jason Chen.

The target date for the twentieth decennial U. S. Census of Population and Housing was April 1, 1980. Months of preparation preceded Census Day, and additional months of time are being used to compile, check, and release the information collected.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "The Growth of Housing Prices, 1974-1979," by Paul S. T. Lee.

Housing plays a major part in the lives of everyone. Its quality and location affect the stability, happiness, and security of families and have profound implications for the economic and social well-being of both urban and rural areas. To many households, buying a home represents the largest single investment they will make, and the monthly mortgage payment accounts for the largest single item of household expenditures.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Who Pays FHA-VA Discount Points?" by Donald Guy.

The purpose of this study was to measure empirically the extent to which FHA and VA discount points are passed on to residential buyers in Omaha, Nebraska, and to compare the results with previous studies in Columbus, Ohio, and Lubbock, Texas.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Awareness of the Poison Control Center," by Murray Frost.

Poison control centers perform several health-care functions. In addition to providing poisoning treatment facilities, they play a vital role in providing information to individuals and health professionals for treating poisoning victims. They play a preventative role by providing professional and public educational programs, and they also serve an advocacy role.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1981, Vol. 09, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Human Services Utilization by Older Hispanics in Nebraska," by David R. DiMartino.

Older Americans make up an increasingly significant part of the total United States population.¹ Older citizens comprised about 11 percent of the national population, and numbered approximately 24 million in 1978.² More importantly, older Americans have increased as a proportion of the total population and have increased in number by 23 percent between 1970 and 1980.³ In Nebraska, an estimated 13 percent of the population are "elderly," and only a few other states, mostly in the …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Saving Fuel and Money Motives Carpoolers," by Michael T. Eskey.

The rising cost of transportation has become a major concern o( Americans at every level of the economic ladder. Indeed, recent price hikes in gasoline have affected practically all other consumer products. An optimistic America has watched the per-gallon price of gasoline rise by 400 percent in the last decade and now helplessly looks to $2.00 per-gallon fuel in the future. The rising cost of transportation cannot be stopped; it must be coped with.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "An Examination of Population Changes, 1970-1980."

The sharp loss of population east of 42nd Street being reported in the preliminary 1980 Census data for Omaha was indicated in earlier studies of intra-urban migration conducted by CAUR.1 The sharp increase of population west of the Omaha city limits is indicated in the most recent study of intra-urban migration data reported below.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Interests, Preferences of Central Business District Employees," by Joan V. Holley and R. K. Piper.

A 15 percent population gain in suburban areas and a 4 percent population loss in the central cities between 1970 and 1980 was reported in the preliminary 1980 Census data.¹ Vincent B. Barabba, director of the Census Bureau, has stated that a back-to-the-city movement has had a negligible impact on declining cities and will not affect cities much in the future.² However, the quantity of recent articles on urban housing in professional journals and …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Needs Assessment of Older Hispanics," David R. Martino.

The successful delivery of human services requires rational program planning. Rational program planning, in turn, requires evaluation of 1) the needs of targeted client groups, 2) the availability of established services to the potential clients, and 3) the utilization of available services by the client population(s). The success of human service delivery systems, therefore, must incorporate the assessment of public programs in terms of the correspondence between client needs and service provision and usage.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1980, Vol. 08, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Leadership Patterns in Nebraska Communities," by Jack Ruff.

In the summer of 1979, the Center for Applied Urban Research undertook a study of leadership patterns and styles in Nebraska communities with populations of 2,500 to 5,000. Although that study focused its primary efforts on developing linkages between training programs and community development, the data provide some useful information related to the leadership structure of these communities. These data, describing the individuals who comprise the leadership structure in the study communities, are the focus of this article.

Share Newsletter 1980-1984, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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Issues of the SHARE Newsletter, dating 1980 - 1984.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 12, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Filtering and Neighborhood Change in Omaha's Bemis Park," by Donald Guy.

Many ways to approach the problem of neighborhood change are possible. One major theory in the literature on housing markets deals with the way in which property values in a neighborhood change over time and is referred to as the theory of filtering.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Burglary Offender Characteristics Can Be Predicted: Enhancing Investigation Efficiency Through the Development of Probability Models¹," by Chris W. Eskridge.

Crime is not a new phenomenon in American living. For decades, researchers have documented and projected the growth and devastating complexity of the crime problem in the United States, its causes, and its destructive effects on national life. The intense damage to innocent persons, property, and spirit, coupled with the lingering fear of unprovoked, unpredictable violence are indeed familiar entities in all realms of society.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Interstate Freeways Attract New Office Sites," by Murray Frost and Armin K. Ludwig.

Completion of the interstate highway network in American metropolitan areas has opened a wide variety of locational options for urban land uses. New office sites have been salient among these developments. The purpose of this study is to compare Interstate radial freeway corridors with other spatial units in Omaha and six other metropolitan areas to determine their differential attraction for new office sites in the period 1970-1976. The seven metropolitan areas studied were Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Louisville, Minneapolis-St. …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Households Moving to City Triple Those Leaving: In-Migration and Net Migration to the City of Omaha, August, 1977 - July, 1978," by Armin K. Ludwig.

The purpose of this study is twofold; 1) to determine the counties in the United States from which households moved to the city of Omaha for the period August, 1977 through July, 1978; and 2) to establish the net household migration between Omaha and these counties for the same period. The net migration figure was developed for a given county by subtracting the number of households …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Mid-continent Net Migration Losses Decline: Centers of Net Migration Gains in the Great Plains, 1970-1976," by Armin K. Ludwig.

As a unit the American region known as the Great Plains suffered net migration losses in each of the five census periods prior to 1970. During the following six years, however, these losses had begun to abate.¹ This study examines the 1970-1976 net migration changes in a bloc of 320 nonmetropolitan, nonmetropolitan- fringe counties roughly coincident with the Great Plains and seeks to account for the higher net migration gains recorded …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "New Migration Patterns Emerge in U.S.: The Movement of Metropolitan Populations to Nonmetropolitan America: Anomaly or Trend?" by David R. DiMartino.

Internal migration patterns have shifted markedly in the United States during the twentieth century. The exodus of rural populations to urban centers which dominated internal migration during the nineteenth century continued into the twentieth. By mid-century, however, that earlier pattern had given way to different, dominant trends. On the one hand, urban centers had grown massively and were sprawling rapidly out· ward, creating a pattern of decentralized metropolitan populations in …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Change Develops in Migration Patterns: Destinations of Household Moves from the City of Omaha, 1975-76 and 1977-78," by Armin K. Ludwig.

American Migratory Patterns between 1970 and 1976 began to reflect a growing tendency for metropolitan counties (SMSA's)1 to suffer net migration losses and for nonmetropolitan counties to record net migration gains. The nonmetropolitan counties which had the largest net gains were those which are contiguous to an SMSA and which thus form a metropolitan fringe. This contiguity of SMSA and fringe suggests that a loss in a given SMSA is …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Few Young Nebraskans Stay in Home Areas: The Impact of Rural Nebraska Industrial Development on the Migration of Rural Youth," by Armin K. Ludwig.

For more than a century Americans have migrated from the rural communities in which they were raised, but by 1970 this process had begun to change. Nebraska, however, has not reflected this change, and as late as 1976 the State stood alone among seven central and southern plains states in having non-metropolitan losses in population.! Nevertheless, during the 1970's the number of manufacturing industries in the State's …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Formula for Allocation of Housing Assistance," by Jack Ruff.

In recent years many governmental agencies and private businesses have expressed an interest in the housing needs of Nebraska communities. Government agencies are concerned with the needs of various communities in order to allocate resources, and the private sector needs information to determine the profitability of a capital venture.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Understanding the Puzzle of Child Abuse."

Topics covered are "Education for Parents - A Need and a Repsonse" and "Nebraska Child Welfare Works Given Legal Training Program."

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Defender, Prosecutor, Defendant: Plea Bargaining - Three Perspectives," by Julie Horney.

In recent years the administration of criminal justice in this country has become increasingly dominated by the process known as "plea bargaining." In plea bargaining a defendant waives the right to trial by pleading guilty in return for certain advantages offered by the state. The state benefits in terms of the time and money saved by avoiding a trial. The practice is so pervasive that in many jurisdictions fewer than 10 percent of the criminal defendants ever stand trial.