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This document contains the proceedings of a conference dealing with the issues that face U.S. cities today. Convened in October of 1979, the conference was sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The document contains addresses and comments by six authorities on the current fiscal situation of large cities. The presentation…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Government Role, History, Housing
Waxman, Laura DeKoven – 1991
To assess the status of hunger and homelessness in urban America during 1991, The U.S. Conference of Mayors surveyed 28 major cities whose mayors are members of its Task Force on Hunger and Homelessness. The survey sought information and estimates from each city on: (1) the demand for emergency food assistance and emergency shelter and the…
Descriptors: Budgeting, City Officials, Economically Disadvantaged, Etiology
Download full textMinnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Urban and Regional Affairs. – 1992
This collection describes over 340 projects in which the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) has played a role in the past two years. The CURA offers a program of research and outreach on urban problems, which brings the resources of the university to bear on the problems of urban communities.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Commission on the Year 2000, New York, NY. – 1988
The Commission on the Year 2000 found many areas of improvement since issuing its initial report, "New York Ascendant," in 1987, outlining an agenda and goals for systematically dealing with the most significant problems facing New York, New York. The Commission reviewed reports from city agencies explaining what each agency would do to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, City Government, Crime Prevention, Economic Development
Commission on the Year 2000, New York, NY. – 1987
This report to Mayor Edward Koch examines the problems facing New York, New York, and suggests long-range solutions. Information was gathered from experts from within and outside city government, invitational hearings, and commissioned studies in areas of special concern. The Commission found that the city's economy had recovered from the fiscal…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, City Government, Cultural Differences, Educational Improvement
Oberlander, H. Peter; Fallick, Arthur L. – 1988
This report presents descriptions of successful Canadian public and private programs to aid the homeless and alleviate homelessness as part of participation in the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless (IYSH). Part 1, "The International Year of Shelter for the Homeless," includes the following: (1) objectives; (2) global…
Descriptors: City Government, Construction Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
