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Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional Economic Recovery Rates Vary."

Available information about employment, construction activity, wages, telephone customers and department store sales indicate economic recovery in most of the 25 urban areas of the Mid-Continent Region. There are, however, wide differences in the relative economic strength of the recovery among the areas.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Housing and Business Investment in Nebraska."

The areas studied by the Center for Applied Urban Research are identified in Maps 1, 2' and 3. Omaha and Lincoln study areas conform to the neighborhoods receiving or eligible for first-year HUD Community Development funding. Five non· metropolitan communities, Beatrice, Lexington, Broken Bow, Columbus and Hartington, were selected in consultation with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development as being representative of communities with 50,000 or less population.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 03, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Intra-Urban Migration and Omaha's Westward Expansion," by Paul S. T. Lee.

While there has been increasing concern about Omaha's westward expansion and future growth pattern, there remains a lack of information about the extent and speed of this outward expansion for the past several years and the socio-economic factors that might have caused it.¹

This information as well as relative changes of population among all sections of Omaha is of prime importance in city-wide public service planning and in formulating future city growth policy. This study presents findings from an …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional and Local Economic Indicators, 1975: The Mid-Content Region."

The metropolitan areas of the Mid-Continent Region experienced a sharp economic downturn during 1975.¹ Double· digit inflation of 1974 ebbed but unemployment rates were on the rise. By mid-year 1975 there was noticeable improvement in construction activity, sales, and the level of nonfarm wage and salary employment. Quarterly and annual economic data on the regional urban economies for 1974-1975 are presented in Table 1.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "The Changing Distribution of Omaha's Office Space," by Armin K. Ludwig.

During the first half of the twentieth century in most American cities the journey between home and work tended to increase. This was especially true for white collar office workers and managers whose rising incomes permitted not only purchase of new homes in the suburbs but also purchase and operation of automobiles to ease the longer journey to work. In most cases this journey took them to the Central Business District (CBD) or financial center of the city. As these …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 12, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Regional Urban Economic Indicators."

Beginning with this issue of the Review, CAUR will compile and report quarterly economic data pertaining to 25 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas {SMSA's) located in the 11-state Mid-Continent Region. The states included in this Region are Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota. Comparative statistics on {1) average weekly income of production workers, {2) non-agricultural wage and salary employment, {3) employment in the construction industry, and {4) unemployment are presented in Table I for each of the 25 SMSA's.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 10, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Geographical Approach to Residential Construction Cost Structure," by Gary K. Higgs and William H. Cheek.

The single-family residence is generally the largest and most important purchase of any household unit. Those employed in building these residences also constitute a large proportion of the domestic construction industry and the unique emotional status of a home has made the residence construction and related industries one of the principal material economic indicators.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 09, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Education in Nebraska: Fifth Annual Report."

This report represents a compilation of the most recent data made available by governmental and nongovernmental sources. The report contains information on a wide variety of subjects, including school enrollments, student withdrawals, status and plans of high school and university graduates, and degrees conferred by the University of Nebraska System as well as other Omaha Area colleges and universities.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 08, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Omaha Intra-Urban Demographic & Economic Indicators."

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 07, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Community Development Needs in Rural Nebraska: An Analysis of Preapplication for HUD Community Development Funds," by Thomas Moss and Michael O'Connor.

Many small communities in rural Nebraska are faced with a wide variety of community needs and an inadequate source of funds with which to meet these needs. This fact was made quite clear in this study of the pre-applications for Community Development funds which were recently submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development {HUD) by small communities in the State's rural areas outside the metropolitan regions of …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 06, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Taxing Services i Nebraska - A Revenue Forecast," by H. Wade German.

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 approach an upper bound. The recent statements from Mayor Zorinsky and Governor Exon highlight the potential fiscal difficulties in Nebraska.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 04, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "A Case Study of Crime at the South Side Terrace Housing Development," by Ken Overturf, Mark Schumacker, Richard Timberlake, Roy Vaugh, and Ruben Young.

The purposes of this study were to determine the crime rate within the South Side Terrace Housing (SSTH) development, the rate of reported and unreported crimes within the development, the security measures affecting the crime rate, and the characteristics of those victimized.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 02, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Omaha, 1973 and 1974--And a Look Ahead."

This is the fourth in a series of reports being presented on intra-urban demographic and economic indicators for the Omaha urban area. In order to reveal the developing patterns and rates of change of demographic and economic activity within the Omaha urban area, Omaha and subarea totals are presented by quarter for both 1973 and 1974.

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 01, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: The Small Community."

The October issue of the Review summarized the major community development provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which was signed into law by President Ford August 22, 1974. This article supplements that earlier Review Article by providing information on the funds expected to be available under the Act for community development in cities and towns under 50,000 population and non-urban counties which may not have participated in community development programs previously. It also describes application procedures …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1974, Vol. 02, No. 11, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

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This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Net In-Commuter Patterns to the Douglas County Urban Core And to the Omaha CBD."

Introduction During the past several decades workers have increasingly tended to live outside the area in which they are employed. The work area may be the core urban county in a large metropolitan area or the Central Business District (CBD) of the central city, but in either case such moves have tended to extend the average distance of the journey to work. Such moves have also led to the transfer of money in the form of paychecks …