ALICEROBBIN ABSTRACT THISARTICLE EXAMINES SELECTED ECONOMIC and social indicators of our multiracial and multiethnic society at the end of the twentieth century to provide an information base for wise decisions about effective library services. The statistical profile describes the demography, economic well-being , and educational attainment of the principal racial and Hispanic origin groups. T...

We want to thank the authors for responding to our paper and for apprising readers as to the effects of the new information technologies in Asian educational settings. We think Miyake has characterized our argument very accurately and succinctly. As she points out the equity issues we raise are exacerbated in Asia because the resources available through new technologies are mostly in English. B...

now days, citizens safety in urban spaces is one of the most important worries of urban managers. this may be reflected in different characters of urban spaces such as physical, social and economical and even political characters. with regard to increasing crimes and complexities of urban spaces, trying for achieve to sustainable, healthy and good cities mean in providing the safety environment...

UrbanSim is a tool for use by urban planners and others to help predict future patterns of urban development under different possible input scenarios, over periods of twenty or more years. It should support deliberation and debate on such issues as building new transit systems or freeways, or changing zoning or economic incentives, as well as on broader issues such as sustainable, livable citie...

what is called the problems of tehran metropolis now a days, is deep- rooted in the policies ofurban planning in our country. since not far past up to now, immigration from all over the country to tehran, irregular growth of urban population, inconsistency with urban infrastructure development, environmental pollution and low quality of living areas, erosion of self -growing fabric in most area...