Review of Applied Urban Research 1978, Vol. 06, No. 10

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features Norfolk Study Has Application for Other Cities Concerned With Residential Land Development. Norfolk is Northeast Nebraska\u27s regional trade, education, and health services center. At the junction of two U.S. and two Nebraska highways, the City is a prime location for marketing, manufacturing, and wholesale activities. Norfolk lies between farm land to the east and the Sandhills cattle country to the west. Metropolitan areas nearby include Sioux City, Iowa, 75 miles to the northeast; Omaha, 115 miles southeast; and Lincoln, 124 miles south. Transportation· facilities include six truck lines, three bus lines, and four flights daily from the local airport. A main line of the Chicago and North Western and a branch line of the Union Pacific provide railroad transportation

Improving Public Education in Nebraska

In 1990, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Co=erce created a study group to examine public elementary and secondary education in Nebraska. The study group was composed of representatives of the business co=unity, educators, and members of the Unicameral. Five work sessions were held to listen to experts discuss the approaches being used by other states to improve education, to discuss the applicability of such approaches to our state, and to identify a set of activities that would assure that pupils throughout Nebraska would be able to compete successfully with other young people in this country and around the world

Review of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 06

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features Mid-Continent City Crime Rates: A Multivariate Analysis, by Ralph H. Todd. Preliminary crime data (1975) provided the basis for analysis of variations in major crime among cities of the MidContinent Region. The Uniform Crime Reports measure seven Crime Index Offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft. Remaining criminal offenses were not considered in this study. Crime rates per 100,000 population were compiled using the FBI Uniform Crime Reports and current population estimates (Table 1 )

Review of Applied Urban Research 1979, Vol. 07, No. 03

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features A Formula for Allocation of Housing Assistance, by Jack Ruff. In recent years many governmental agencies and private businesses have expressed an interest in the housing needs of Nebraska communities. Government agencies are concerned with the needs of various communities in order to allocate resources, and the private sector needs information to determine the profitability of a capital venture

Urban Orientations, Vol. 01, No. 01

This publication includes: Why the Urban Coalition?; The Center for Urban Affairs; Nebraska, Urbanism, and the Two-Party System; Kuchel on Crime & Punishment; The W Street Clinic; Some Awkward Questions; Manchester, England, a Staff Report; Reflections on the Development of an Urban Data Bank; The Eppley Foundations and Omaha; One Liners; and Opinion

LB 1085 Report to the Nebraska Unicameral for Dodge, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders and Washington Counties: Multi-County Shared Services Project

The 1996 session of the Nebraska Unicameral enacted several bills focusing on the organization and cost of local governments. One bill-LB 1085--provided new, more specific language and procedures governing county consolidation and service cooperation. Coupled with the new language and procedures was a requirement that each county complete by January, 1998 a study of whether property taxes might be reduced through the consolidation of offices, services and/or county governments

Computers and Local Government: Low Cost Information Processing Technologies and Strategies for Local Governments: A Handbook for Workshop Participants

This training program was developed as part of a Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) grant, under the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title I-A, Community Service and Continuing Education, as amended, to the University of Georgia, Institute of Government (IG) and Institute of Community and Area Development (ICAD), in partnership with the International City Management Association (ICMA)

Omaha Area Gambling Survey December 1995

The purpose of the 1995 survey was to establish baseline information on area residents\u27 attitudes toward and participation in gambling. Our intention is to conduct at least one follow-up survey to measure changes in attitudes and gambling participation among area residents. To facilitate the establishment of a panel for future surveys, participants were asked if they would be willing to be interviewed again

Review of Applied Urban Research 1975, Vol. 03, No. 07

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\u27Connor. 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\u27s rural areas outside the metropolitan regions of Omaha, Lincoln and Sioux City

Percentage Change in Population in Nebraska Counties: 2010 to 2015

Percentage Change in Population: 2010-2015 Note: State of Nebraska Increased 3.8% during 2010-201