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Regional Urban Growth Goals And Objectives , Metro (Or.)

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

Region 2040 Growth Concept Map With Amendments , Metro (Or.)

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Phoenix And The Flame: Catalonia And The Counter Reformation, By Henry Kamen, Gary W. Mcdonogh

Growth and Structure of Cities Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Demographic Differences Between Sheltered Homeless Families And Housed Poor Families: Implications For Policy And Practice, Alice K. Johnson, Kay Young Mcchesney, Cynthia J. Rocha, William H. Butterfield

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study compares homeless families with a representative sample of low income family households in St. Louis city and county to determine how they differ on key demographic variables. The research addresses methodological problems in prior research by comparing the findings of this study's random sample to the findings of four previous comparison studies. Findings from this study's random comparison sample are presented. Homeless families are significantly younger, never married, female-headed families of color. Housed and homeless families are not significantly different in the number of children or in the educational level of the head of household but housed families …

Ua1b3/6 Meeting Minutes, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee

WKU Archives Records

WKU Parking & Traffic Committee meeting minutes and attachments.

Woodstock Neighborhood Action Charts Adopted By Resolution Number 35463, Portland (Or.). Office Of The City Auditor

Portland City Archives

No abstract provided.

1995-11-08; Letter; Baptismal Services November 19, 1995, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

Intelligent Control Of Vehicles: Preliminary Results On The Application Of Learning Automata Techniques To Automated Highway System, Cem Unsal, John S. Bay, Pushkin Kachroo

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

We suggest an intelligent controller for an automated vehicle to plan its own trajectory based on sensor and communication data received. Our intelligent controller is based on an artificial intelligence technique called learning stochastic automata. The automaton can learn the best possible action to avoid collisions using the data received from on-board sensors. The system has the advantage of being able to work in unmodeled stochastic environments. Simulations for the lateral control of a vehicle using this AI method provides encouraging results.

Looking At The Future For The Elderly, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"Why do we read so much about the elderly in this country? The answer, plainly stated by the Census Bureau, is that 'the growth and change of America's older population may rank among the most important demographic developments of the 20th century.'"

Agenda: Challenging Federal Ownership And Management: Public Lands And Public Benefits, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13)

Conference organizers, speakers and/or moderators included University of Colorado School of Law professors David H. Getches, Michael A. Gheleta, Teresa Rice, Elizabeth Ann (Betsy) Rieke and Charles F. Wilkinson.

In the face of numerous proposals for privatizing, marketing, and changing the management of public lands, the Natural Resources Law Center will hold its third annual fall public lands conference October 11-13, at the CU School of Law in Boulder.

A panel of public land users and neighbors, including timber, grazing, mining, recreation, and environmental interests, will address current discontent with public land policy and management. There will also be discussion …

City Ratings Need Closer Scrutiny, Chester Smolski

Smolski Texts

"The September issue of Money magazine has just come out with its ninth annual ranking of the best "places" in the country in which to live. Somewhat of a surprise, five of the top ten are in Florida, with Gainsville garnering the number one position, and Jacksonville, Ocala, Fort Lauderdale and Naples in positions 3, 5, 6 and 10 respectively."

Flexible Low-Cost Automated Scaled Highway (Flash) Laboratory For Studies On Automated Highway Systems, Pushkin Kachroo, Kaan Ozbay, Robert G. Leonard, Cem Unsal

Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Research

This paper addresses the development of a flexible low-cost automated scale highway (FLASH) laboratory which is intended to serve as a catalyst for accelerating the development of many intelligent vehicle highway system (IVHS) concepts. It also highlights the significance of the laboratory for the research, evaluation, and testing of automated highway system (AHS) configurations, architectures, designs and technologies. This laboratory, using small scale standardized vehicles will serve as a test bed for the economical development and evaluation of various hardware, software, and management systems before full scale testing and deployment. The laboratory will provide the capability to test day and …

Housing Conditions & Demographical Survey: Housing Rehabilitation For The City Of North Las Vegas, Lisa M. Morris

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The basis of this research, is to evaluate the North Las Vegas area in order to develop knowledge of what areas are in critical need of rehabilitation. Improperly maintained affordable housing is one of the largest sources of wasted resources. The research was obtained through a windshield survey process, which included approximately 12,000 homes in the North Las Vegas area to determine their conditions. The findings of the windshield survey was used to correlate the results of the housing conditions, with demographics such as: Population, Age Distribution, Racial Distribution, Median Income, Poverty Levels, Age of Homes and Female Head of …

Ua1b3/6 Meeting Minutes, Wku Parking & Traffic Committee

WKU Archives Records

WKU Parking & Traffic Committee meeting minutes and attachments.

Church Anniversary 61st; 1995-09-24, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Anniversary Papers

No abstract provided.

1995-09-03; Letter; Baptismal Services September 10, 1995, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

A Pathway To Sustainability, Patricia Scruggs, Ethan Seltzer, Portland State University. Institute Of Portland Metropolitan Studies

Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications

This workbook is meant to provide basic information and options for developing a strategy within your own community. Since economic, environmental, social, and political aspects differ from town to town, there is no magic wand for developing a sustainable community effort. There are, however, common processes which have been used by communities across the country that can provide a foundation for local efforts.

Paths To Homelessness: Extreme Poverty And The Urban Housing Crisis. Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen And Kathryn D. Talley.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen and Kathryn D. Talley, Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. $55.00 hardcover, $16.95 papercover.

E-Mail Story On How Ernie Bonner Won I-5 Vote, Unknown

Ernie Bonner Collection

No abstract provided.

Neighboring Cities 2040 Study, Otak, Inc.

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

Cornerstones Of Community: Buildings Of Portland's African American History, Darrell Millner, Carl Abbott, Cathy Galbraith

Black Studies Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Bosco-Milligan Foundation is proud to present "Cornerstones of Community - The Buildings of Portland's African American History". This publication had its start in February, 1994 when we sponsored a seminar and walking tour at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church to celebrate Black History Month. In the preparation for that program, we knew we had barely scratched the surface in identifying and documenting the buildings associated with African American individuals, institutions, and events throughout Portland's history. The Bosco-Milligan Foundation made a commitment to continue that effort, based on community interest and a collective desire to attempt to fill in important "missing …

1995-07-29; Letter; Baptismal Services August 6, 1995, Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church

Letters

No abstract provided.

La Ciudad Es Un Libro Abierto, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La tecnología y los medios de comunicación progresan a niveles históricos, con lo cual las distancias sociales, cronológicas e históricas se reducen. De esta manera, el tiempo y el espacio asumen nuevas connotaciones, redefiniendo la vida de la población. A nivel urbano se producen cambios notables en la relación comunicación y ciudad que se expresa en las nuevas formas de articulación interurbana, población-ciudad, gobierno local-sociedad y redes sociales.

Regional Mainstreets: An Implementation Strategy To Promote Main Street And Corridor Development , Metro (Or.)

Metro Collection

No abstract provided.

"Beautiful Downtown Burbank" : Changing Metropolitan Geography In The Modern West, Carl Abbott

Urban Studies and Planning Faculty Publications and Presentations

Focuses on the Western United States' leadership in city planning since World War II. Concepts of three competing ideas about the emerging form of decentralization or suburbanization; 'Urban realms'; 'Linear cities'; 'Go-board metropolis'; Opinion of historians and architectural experts; Illustration of several models for understanding the morphology of Western cities.

Warning: Urban Living May Be Hazardous To Your Health: A Personal Perspective, Frederick G. Adams

Trotter Review

As a result of remarkable scientific and medical achievements of the 20th century, we now know that full and quality health is within reach for all Americans. Yet, despite these achievements, the burdens of inadequate health services too often falls more heavily on some population groups more so than on others. The fact that this "gap" in health status occurs more frequently among people with low income and people belonging to racial/ethnic minority groups, in particular African Americans, has been well documented nationally. Not only does the "gap" in the health status experienced by these groups include consistently higher excess …

Violencia, Drogras Y Alienación Cultural, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

América Latina es un continente crecientemente urbano. A fines del siglo más del 78% de su poblad6n vivirá en ciudades. Actualmente existen 65 áreas metropolitanas en la región.

Se ha modificado el rol de las ciudades, lo que trae consigo la aparición de nuevos problemas y nuevas dimensiones a viejos problemas. Entre los problemas nuevos destacan el deterioro del medio ambiente, y el de la violencia urbana o la inseguridad ciudadana. En realidad éste no es un problema nuevo, pues es consubstancial a la ciudad. Lo novedoso estriba en que hay nuevas manifestaciones de la violencia, yen que ésta se …

Planning In The Portland Region: Lessons And Legacy, Ethan Seltzer

Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications

This paper examines the path that Portland and its region has taken from being a place showing little evidence of "modern city planning practice" to its current and apparently much more attractive state. First, a cautionary note. We have probably been both more and less successful than it sounds. Stories of municipal accomplishment tend to take on greater dimension the further you get from home. Take this one with a grain of salt. From the outside looking in, condition what you see with the following: First, there are no silver bullets or supremely right answers. It takes a mix of …

Avances Y Limitaciones En La Descentralización, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

El Municipio ecuatoriano se constituyó corno instancia de gobierno local siguiendo el modelo español traído por los conquistadores, pero con mayor autonomía que en España debido a la distancia que lo separaba del poder central. Esta autonomía respecto de la corona española se contraponía con la dependencia aciertos grupos minoritarios locales. Tanto así que no hubo una clara separación entre lo público y lo privado, porque las dos esferas compartían el ejercicio de la autoridad negando las posibilidades de una más amplia participación y representación sociales.

A partir del siglo XVII, con la creación de las Reales Audiencias, se inicia …

Do All Trails Lead To Oregon? An Analysis Of The Characteristics Of People Moving To And From Oregon, Howard Wineberg, Portland State University. Population Research Center

Oregon Population Estimates and Reports

Using 1990 U.S. Census data, this report has documented the characteristics of people moving to and from Oregon between 1985 and 1990. Substantial migration occurred during this time with about 404,000 people moving to Oregon and about 281,000 people leaving Oregon. Approximately one half of the people moving to Oregon came from California and Washington and about 60% of the people leaving Oregon moved to these two states. Differentials were found in the characteristics of in- and out-migrants. In particular, in-migrants were more likely to be below poverty, 65 years of age and older, and have difficulty speaking English than …