The current issue of Urban Quality Indicators (#12 - Winter 1999)
includes the following (and more):
*Measuring your city’s culture (Missoula, MT)
*Rethinking cultural indicators
*What makes a city romantic?
*Measuring a city’s ethnic diversity
*Downtown residential populations (Brookings Inst.)
*13 most sprawl threatened cities (Sierra Club)
*Houston City Culture Map (edge cities, sprawl, & Elvis shrines)
[Note: The "Urban Quality Indicators" newsletter was developed
to share information on various efforts in North America
measuring the quality, health and sustainability of
its communities - from neighborhoods to regions.]
Best wishes,
Cy Yoakam, editor
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Canalising a river
Grafting a fruit tree
Educating a person
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And at the same time instances of art.
-Bertolt Brecht
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