Vol. 16, No. 2, June 1978 - "Student Papers"
A PRILIMINARY ANALYSIS OF GALLERY SHOPPERS
(pp. 1 - 11)
Paula Boyle and Ken Hudson
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Abstract
The Gallery, located at 9th and Market Streets in Center City Philadelphia, represents an innovation in urban commercial development. It is a shopping center that brings the features of a suburban market place into the heart of a major metropolitan city. The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia leases the 205,000 square feet of sales space to the Rouse Company, which in turn subleases to 125 shops and restaurants? The four level enclosed mall connects two major department stores: Strawbridge and Clothier and Gimbels, which together contain approximately 800,000 square feet of sales space.
EFFECTS OF CHANGING LAND USE ON URBAN WATER CONSUMPTION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
(pp. 12 - 21)
Vincent P. Gutowski
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Abstract
In recent decades population growth in arid and semi-arid portions of southern California has been rapid and widespread. A mild climate and the availability of large areas of flat land for construction has prompted a continuous immigration of people (Fig. 1) and an areal expansion of urban landscapes. The rapidly expanding pattern of growth has made it necessary to conduct a rotating series of large-scale, detailed land-use surveys to monitor changes in urban development. Additional problems arise in this region because an unequal distribution of water resources in the state creates a need to transfer large volumes of surplus water from watersheds in northern California to the water-deficient areas in southern California. For this reason water-use planning becomes as important as land-use planning. As urban land use changes, so does the use of urban water. It is important to maintain current data concerning both the dynamic characteristics of the urban population and water use trends to help forecast future demand on water resources within the state. This paper uses such data to consider urban water use trends (water for agricultural use is excluded) in four important hydrologic basins in southern California for the period 1960 to 1975.
VENICE AND GENOA: A GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL COMPARISON
(pp. 22 - 28)
John W. Fosnaught
Slippery Rock State College
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Abstract
Venice and Genoa, separated by the width of the Italian peninsula, were founded in different eras and on different terrains. The present Genoa site was initially avoided; Venice was not even considered as a potential site for development; yet both grew to be great powers and bitter rivals on the Mediterranean Sea.
PERCEPTION OF THE CITY: A DICHOTOMY
(pp. 29 - 38)
Ellen M. Smith
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Abstract
"Millions of people being lonely together? is Henry David Thoreau's definition of city life, and it is so true. This loneliness is felt very heavily behind closed doors of apartment dwellers and on the street, places where minor social amenities like "excuse me" are rarely heard. "We may work in the community, pay taxes, and vote, but in no other respect feel a part of it." People with this concept of the city often seek refuge from the impersonality, noise, and pollution of the city by locking themselves in their suites overlooking the din, and then fleeing to the suburbs on weekends. With alarm systems, security guards and doormen as safety measures, they feel apart from the problem undefined but this is no solution.