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Weiss, Laura B. – School Library Journal, 2007
Dominated by street after street of granite federal office buildings, the DC was a place that just couldn't jump-start itself into world-class status. Of course, it offered free, topnotch museums, but everyone lived and breathed politics and the town was sorely lacking a throbbing urban pulse. The absence of a major league baseball team said it…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Social Development, Urban Renewal, Urban Environment
Burns, Jim – Design and Environment, 1976
The report, Connections, details case studies of how ten American cities could be revitalized through re-use. Excerpts from that report, focusing on Atlantic City, New Jersey and Memphis, Tennessee, are detailed. (BT)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Change, Development, Municipalities
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Hitchcock, John – Environmental Education and Information, 1984
Discusses Toronto's postwar development as measured by: population growth patterns; households; families; age structure; dwelling type; and labor force participation. Growth rings based on municipal boundaries are used as the basis for all analyses. Policy issues related to physical/social environment and women's role related to urban growth are…
Descriptors: Community Development, Municipalities, Policy, Population Growth
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Winstone, Paul – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Profiles the English Midlands city of Leicester, an industrial center with a growing immigrant and minority population. Discusses the city government's response to problems concerning jobs, housing, and a racist backlash. The outlook is optimistic as the minority citizens assume new roles in the social and economic community. (MJP)
Descriptors: Community Development, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Employment