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Two elementary-grade activities on geography are combined. The first activity employs a group discussion approach to investigate neighborhoods and residences. Given data about a neighborhood area in Houston, students make predictions and express feelings about future developments in the area. The second activity investigates urban planning in Moscow. Issues that are examined include the future of cities, urban sprawl, the morphology of a large city, and the relationship of people to an urban environment. It is hoped that students learn to apply the regional method of geography to a study of Moscow, and that they develop an understanding of their local urban environment. Problem-solving and inquiry skills are utilized as teaching techniques. Five investigation questions and 24 activities are offered. The activities described above are two of 12 (SO 009 140 through 150) teacher-developed elementary instructional activities and 17 teacher-developed secondary instructional activities (SO 009 151 through 167) comprising this series on geography-related topics. They are available individually and as elementary or secondary sets. The materials are intended to help teachers in developing units for the classroom. Topics that are covered require student inquiry into current problems such as land use, development, pollution, and population. Mastery of geography skills is emphasized. Instructional approaches include simulations, role playing, mapping, group discussion, experiential learning, field excursions, gaming, and case studies. (ND)

The Reference Materials Manual is part of a set of 21 manuals (AA 001 009-001 029) used in APEX (Air Pollution Exercise), a computerized college and professional level "real world" game simulation of a community with urban and rural problems, industrial activities, and air pollution difficulties. For the purposes of the gaming exercise, APEX County, including the urban area of Central City and the surrounding rural districts, is divided into 29 analysis areas. Information and data for each of these analysis areas are presented in this manual. Population, employment and land use are allocated to the areas and are categorized by types established especially for APEX. These types are described in the glossary included in this manual (and in other manuals, except volume 21). The glossary is designed to aid participants in learning the terminology of urban and environmental management as well as that of the gaming exercise. The gamed environment is similar to that found in a typical midwestern industrialized town (the prototype city is Lansing, Michigan), The game simulation procedure and required computer facilities are further described in resumes for AA 001 009 and 001 010. (Author/PR)

The County Planner's Manual is part of a set of 21 manuals (AA 001 009-001 029) used in APEX (Air Pollution Exercise), a computerized college and professional level "real world" game simulation of a community with urban and rural problems, industrial activities, and air pollution difficulties. The first two sections, which are the same in each of the student manuals (Volumes 1 to 19), contain general information about the APEX interaction simulation and a glossary of reference terms. The remaining sections contain the following: planner's role description; annotated planner's worksheet; a sample planner's worksheet; background information for planner's role; an annotated printout for cycle one; and a map of the 29 APEX analysis areas. The manual is identical to the City Planner's Manual, except for the annotated printout for cycle one. The game simulation procedure and required computer facilities are further described in resumes for AA 001 009 and 001 010. (PR)

Prepared to assist in the planning for cable television in the Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan area, this document provides not only general information about the history and current state of cable television, but also an example of the application of such information to the policy demands of a specific situation. Given the technology and capabilities of cable, the current regulatory structure, the experience of other big city systems, and the economics of major market cable systems, recommendations are made for the structuring of a Greater Cincinnati cable television system. (RH)

In this publication, written for use in guiding community recreation and park systems, the following topics are discussed: why parks and recreational facilities should be developed, the need for governmental participation, and park-system development. Additionally, neighborhood parks, playlots, community parks, city-wide parks, regional parks and reservations, and specialized recreation areas and facilities are examined in terms of desirable physical characteristics and user populations. Principles applying to design of park and recreation areas and cooperative facility usafe by school and community are also reviewed. To provide examples of joint development of school-recreation facilities, 4 communities are described: Topeka, Kansas; Mount Prospect, Illinois; Austin, Texas; and Elk Grove Village, Illinois. An outline of recommended community park and recreation practices discusses administration, community cooperation, planning, facilities, programs, and personnel, and a chart of selected Illinois laws is included. (MJB)

This study, a monitor of four experimental training programs in the field of social policy planning, has as its purpose to assess program development and outcomes and to relate any significant findings useful in educational program development for social policy professionals. The programs are discussed at two levels: individually in terms of their own objectives, curriculum, faculty, performance, and self-evaluation; and collectively in the larger context of university education and the city planning professions. The four programs are located at universities in Puerto Rico, Florida, North Carolina, and California. Two types of training programs, instrumental and clinical, are differentiated, and the associated strengths and weaknesses of each general type are analyzed. The assessment observes that the programs have not constituted major advances in graduate planning education, nor fully met their own objectives. It is argued that the programs reflect a consistent pattern of thinking regarding the nature of social structure and social problems that carries with it an implicit orientation to the status quo. The appendices list illustrative course listings and program sequences. References are included. (Author/KSM)

Agglomeration--the clustering of people, businesses, or structures within an area--is investigated for two purposes: (1) defining the nature of agglomeration and erecting a suitable agglomeration theory, and (2) suggesting further research. These two objectives are seen as being vital to help improve the economic well-being of rural people by developing appropriate actions based on new knowledge. In addition to surveying the literature, which has been written exclusively from the urban point of view, the report also analyzes agglomeration to determine gaps to be filled by further study in terms of a rural point of view. The report concludes with a listing of 3 broad and 7 specific areas of research which should be undertaken. A 78-item bibliography concludes the document. (DB)

Twenty-five representatives active in research for architecture made major contributions to the profession by presenting their findings to conferees at the AIA Architect-Researcher's Conference. The final papers that were made available for this publication contain the essential contents of the original presentation. Special consideration was given to coordinate the text, graphics, and slides to make the final proceedings as complete and comprehensive as the original presentation. Topical coverage includes the latest research findings, developments, and techniques identified through research in architectural offices, building industries, universities, and governmental agencies. The major areas of discussion were--(1) economic feasibility analysis, (2) mechanical and structural building systems, (3) design and programing methods, (4) prefabrication and component building systems, (5) urban and regional planning, (6) computer applications to design, and (7) environmental influences on man. (TC)

Within the region from New York to Virginia are many rural areas where the natural environment has been destroyed. State, Federal and local funds have been made available to aid in future planning and development designed to protect and conserve the natural resources and environment of these areas. The conclusions and recommendations reported were the result of open-ended interviews with resident planning staffs, planning consultants, state planning administrators, state and Federal agency administrators, university administrators and faculty, farm organization officials, and farm and forest landowners. The interviews were structured around the following objectives of inquiry: (1) effectiveness of planning for urban development in rural areas; (2) natural resource relationships to comprehensive development planning; (3) land-grant university natural resource planning and development curriculums and research programs; and (4) state administration and supervision of the local "701 Planning Assistance Program" matching funds. While some objectives were being met, more cooperative planning and funding will be necessary to fully implement resource allocation and development. (DK)

Planning, both as an academic field and as a profession, is in a dilemma involving the adoption of two contradictory public philosophies. The more established philosophy orients itself to the efficiency of the whole system, while the second orients to particular groups and claims that adequate participation in the system is denied these groups as well as those for whom planners play an advocate role. This paper argues that the efficiency of the whole system and the needs of disadvantaged groups must be furthered. Two kinds of knowledge can contribute to solving the dilemma: (1) concepts and measurements of the attribute and benefit distribution through the system and across groups and localities; and (2) theories capturing the dynamics of redistributive processes, linking the fortunes of groups to characteristics of the whole system. (Author/MLF)

This teaching guide develops a unit on community planning for the high school student. The format allows the student to make selected decisions in areas of geography, economics, history, and politics that form a base for the student to build a model of his own city as it is, and how the student would like to see it. Included is a vocabulary list, film list, and selected bibliography of books and journal articles. This work was prepared under an ESEA Title III contract. (BB)

A model curriculum in social planning at the graduate level has been developed and tested as an area of study at Florida State University (FSU). The project, which lasted from early 1967 through the summer of 1968, involved (1) a workshop to review the educational needs that should be met by the proposed curriculum, (2) a second workshop that reviewed curricular dimensions and established specifications for 6 experimental courses; a course in basic principles, 3 courses designed to explore the scope of social planning from individual, group, and community vantage points, and 2 others which relate social planning philosophy to the general planning program of FSU's Department of Urban and Regional Planning, (3) implementation of the curriculum including the 6 courses, with concurrent evaluation in the form of discussions between instructors, departmental faculty, and students during the 1967-1968 academic year, and (4) a comprehensive evaluation of the curriculum in the context of long-range plans to provide social planning specialization at the master's and doctoral levels. The 6 courses are being continued on an operational basis at FSU as th e core of a social planning specialization and conducted in the context of a 2-year master's degree program. The report contains course outlines, conceptual background material, and recommendations for further evolution of the new courses. (Author/WM)

An Open Space Policy Plan was developed for the State of New Jersey to provide an adequate blueprint for preserving open space and creating a desirable recreational environment in the State in anticipation of expected increases in population and urbanization. Consideration was given to local, county, State, and Federal responsibilities in the development of an open space statewide program. Emphasis was placed on the priority for open space planning and acquisition in the northern half of the State because of an already existing deficit in open space acreage in that area. Plans for both the 10 and 20 million levels of population were considered. In effect, the Open Space Policy Plan was designed to make future open space easily accessible by locating it in close proximity to potential and already existing urbanizing areas of the State. (VM)