Urban transformation calls for new approach to health services.(URBAN POVERTY AND HEALTH) Population Briefs (12/1/2009)
...economic, and political implications of the urban transformation, economists are hampered by...sensitive methods for estimating and projecting urban populations, paying close attention to where the urban poor are located within and across cities...

Urban summit distilled: this white paper summarizes key points of NRPA's landmark urban summit.(kiosk: WHO, WHAT, WHERE & HOW--AROUND THE PARKS)(National Recreation and Park Association)(Conference news) Parks & Recreation (2/1/2010)
...Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) convened an Urban Park Summit on September 22, 2009, in Washington...Members of Congress, congressional staff, elected urban officials, and urban park directors in a day of dynamic roundtable and...

Urban forestry links.(Business, Resources) Arbor Age (11/1/2003)
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF SOME URBAN FORESTRY RESOURCES ON THE WEB. Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) www.urban-forestry.com The SMA is an organization of municipal arborists and urban foresters. The SMA Web site provides information...

Urban Students Not Making the Mark; Majority in U.S. Fail to Score Even `Basic' Level of Achievement The Washington Post (1/8/1998)
Most students in urban public schools around the country are failing...fourth- and eighth-graders who attend urban schools scored what educators consider...The gaps in student achievement between urban and non-urban schools are especially...

Urban Science.(Spotlight: Urban Science)(Advertisement) Franchising World (3/1/2004)
...Rick Jones is Managing Director of Urban Science's Detroit-based strategic consulting...ingenuity, technology and creativity, Urban Science has invented the art of determining...metrics to measure results with the help of Urban Science consultants. Through a proven...

Urban heat: cities sizzle as more people move in. Science News (4/11/2009)
...than-average conditions due to the "urban heat island" effect. People living in...create a "perfect storm" that places urban dwellers at increased environmental risk...increases will be in coastal cities--urban dwellers could be exposed to more-frequent...

URBAN LEAGUE FACES UNCLEAR FUTURE; DESPITE SOME CHAPTERS' PROBLEMS, OFFICIALS SAY ORGANIZATION STILL RELEVANT.(Local) The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) (10/19/2001)
...when he landed his first job, through the Urban League of Onondaga County. Young started...management problems that threaten the local Urban League's existence, he says he wonders...employment and education programs. "The Urban League's roots in this community are...

Urban goes from obscurity to one of Benet's best Sweet- swinging senior closing in on several school hitting records.(Sports Extra) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (4/5/2002)
...Miller Daily Herald Sports Writer Janet Urban spent her freshman season playing in obscurity...varsity team. Until the end of the year. Urban was called up to varsity right before regionals...It kind of woke 'em up, you know," Urban said. Urban made a ...

URBAN CULTURAL PARKS BUILD ON PAST.(CAPITAL REGION) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (2/27/1994)
...Schenectady 2000 program that will revitalize urban life in what has been a fading manufacturing...in the master plan for the Schenectady Urban Cultural Park. What Schenectady's civic...1977. That's when the state began its urban cultural parks program to preserve downtown...