URBAN OBSERVATORY RESEARCH REPORTS

Reports produced by the smaller city Urban Observatories during the years 1975 - 1977 are cited in this annotated bibligraphy. The smaller city Urban Observatories program, tested in 10 cities with populations ranging from 30,000 to 250,000, encouraged use of local university resources to research the needs and problems of local government. Approximately 150 reports are cited alphabetically by city name within topical categories. These categories include animal control, citizen attitudes, communications, community development, education, employment and labor, energy, environment, finances, housing, land use and development, municipal administration, public safety, public works, recreation and parks, social services, transportation, and urban observatory evaluations. Cities involved in the program are Allentown, Pa., Anchorage, Alaska, Boise City, Idaho, Bridgeport, Conn., Charlottesville, Va., Durham, N.C., Garland, Tex., Hoboken, N.J., Lake Charles, La., and South Bend, Ind.

• Corporate Authors:

  National League of Cities

  1620 I Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20006

  Department of Housing and Urban Development

  Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research
  Washington, DC  United States  20410
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 56 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Attitudes; Bibliographies; Cities; Cities and towns; City planning; Education; Employment; Energy; Environment; Finance; Land use; Land use planning; Level of service; Local government; Recreation; Research; Service agencies; Social service; Transportation; Universities and colleges; Urban development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Services
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Energy; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313455
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: HUD-0000574
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM