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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Study Shows Steady Increase in Boat Ownership," by Paul S. T. Lee and Yeshen Chen.

A Regression Analysis of Boat Ownership for the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Norfolk Study Has Application for Other Cities Concerned With Residential Land Development."

Norfolk is Northeast Nebraska's regional trade, education, and health services center. At the junction of two U.S. and two Nebraska highways, the City is a prime location for marketing, manufacturing, and wholesale activities. Norfolk lies between farm land to the east and the Sandhills cattle country to the west. Metropolitan areas nearby include Sioux City, Iowa, 75 miles to the northeast; Omaha, 115 miles southeast; and Lincoln, 124 miles south. Transportation· facilities include six truck lines, three bus lines, …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Single-Family Housing Counstruction in Douglas and Sarpy Counties, April Through July, 1978," by Jack Ruff and Linda Ferring.

At the peak of the construction season, July figures indicated that construction of single-family houses in the Douglas-Sarpy County area continued at the fast pace established in 1977. Despite the high rates of loan interest and inflation, new housing sales exceeded those of a year ago from April through July .¹

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Bemis Park: A Study of Neighborhood Change," by Garneth O. Peterson.

The 1970's have been marked by a rebirth of inner city neighborhoods for commerce and housing. Developers in Boston, Washington and other cities have begun to rehabilitate old structures rather than destroy them, and thus preserve the visual character of neighborhoods. Residents of older neighborhoods have also banded together into homeowner's associations to lead the attempts to redevelop and rejuvenate their surroundings. 1 The viability of older central city neighborhoods has come to be recognized as essential to the economic …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Status Offenders and Non-Profit Youth Service and Advocacy Organizations," by Genevieve Burch and Carole Davis.

When the Pima County Juvenile Justice Collaboration offered free bumper stickers asking "Have You Hugged Your Kid Today?," 6,000 Tucsonians grabbed up three printings and four other local agencies began promoting the same slogan.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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The value of a community's theatre and dance groups, art galleries, symphony and other performing and visual arts is usually assessed from the perspective of the community's cultural life. The organizations which promote and facilitate artistic development are usually perceived in relation to their value only to the artists and their audiences. However, the artists and their organizations also contribute to the economy of their communities through salaries to employees, consumption of supplies, rent and purchase of facilities, and use of trans­ portation, maintenance, advertising and other service industries. To a great extent, the position of the arts in a …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Multi-Family Housing Characteristics Within the Douglas County Housing Arthority Geographic Area," by Patrick Krick, Timothy McNally, Thomas Moriarty, and Jerri Schaaf.

The Douglas County Housing Authority (DCHA) was formed in 1976 to address the particular housing needs of the modest income residents of rural Douglas County, Nebraska and suburban fringe areas outside the Omaha corporate limits. The geographic area served by the DCHA includes the suburban fringe, the five incorporated cities and villages of Bennington, Elkhorn, Ralston, Valley, Waterloo, and the remaining rural portions of Douglas County. This area is bounded …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Economic Indicators for the Midcontinent Metropolitan Areas, 1977."

Socio-economic data have long been important planning tools for policy makers, businessmen and investors. Since 1973, the Center for Applied Urban Research, with the cooperation of the Economic Development Council of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, has compiled and published quarterly data to assist readers in assessing the economic vitality of the Omaha area. In 1975, these quarterly indicators were expanded to include 25 metropolitan areas located in the eleven-state Midcontinent Region. Another revision occurred in 1977 when the Omaha subareas were …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "New Single-Family Houses Constructed in Douglas and Sarpy Counties During 1977," by Jack Ruff and Linda Ferring.

Home building has been called one of the brightest spots in the nation's economy in 1977, as construction increased 29 percent since 1976.1 Building permits issued in 1977 for residential units in Douglas and Sarpy counties indicate a 15 percent rise from 1976. The past year was the second year of increase in total permit units after the recessionary slump in construction activity early in the decade. Single-family housing permits have increased for three …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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National public opinion polls taken annually during the past five years by the Advisory Commission on Intergovern­ mental Relations have consistently and decisively shown the most unpopular of all taxes to be the property tax.1 Why is the property tax so unpopular?