In November 1976, the state of New Jersey embarked upon a bold experiment when the voters approved a referendum to authorize casino gambling in Atlantic City. Expectations were high: the gaming industry could rejuvenate a dying city core, employment would swell, the tax base would broaden and welfare rolls diminish, tourism might spread through the state, and the cruel spectacle of a poverty-stricken community would be eliminated.
The Atlantic City Gamble reports the results of this experiment and evaluates casinos as a tool for economic revitalization, a painless source of...
In November 1976, the state of New Jersey embarked upon a bold experiment when the voters approved a referendum to authorize casino gambling in Atl...
The basic ecology of human groups--the relationship between the distribution of population and material resources and the resultant social and cultural patterns--is a subject which has occasioned far more talk than down-to-earth research. Filling this gap, George Sternlieb and Bernard Indik consider one dimension of human ecology-- the interplay between housing and outlook, between the physical realities of a dwelling unit and the attitudes and responses of its inhabitants. Their book, The Ecology of Welfare, presents a detailed description of the housing and housing problems of...
The basic ecology of human groups--the relationship between the distribution of population and material resources and the resultant social and cult...
Are there potentials in central city revitalization? What role will the federal government play in determining future retail locational choices? Shopping center development has never been more popular-or more hazardous than it is today. Retail distribution in the United States has greater efficiency than anywhere else in the world, a tribute to the adaptability and rationalization of systems which have characterized the field. The pressures of the future, however, require greater exertion if they are to be adequately met. The industry drive to the new "middle markets" may change the face of...
Are there potentials in central city revitalization? What role will the federal government play in determining future retail locational choices? Shopp...
Theory and practice in city planning have not been known to be compatible. The stress on the planner, dealing with the personalities at work in a board meeting, the realities of coping with fund raising, of political realities and the like, can find little guidance in the theory of the trade. The issues of poverty groups, whether rural or urban, the provision of services, and the packaging of them are seemingly insuperable. The sheer frustration in the inability to deliver, which so many planners feel, makes for a vast impatience and a questioning of the relevance of theory. The editors argue...
Theory and practice in city planning have not been known to be compatible. The stress on the planner, dealing with the personalities at work in a boar...
