its attempts to provide urban populations with outdoor 

 recreational activities. 



1971 1972 1973 



$0.29 $0.28 $0.32 



National Aeronautics and Space Admin- 

 istration. — Remote sensing data and the 

 corresponding ground truth information are employed 

 to determine the utility of appljring remotely sensed 

 information on land use patterns and other surface 

 characteristics to the planning for recreational needs 

 and urban development. 



1971 1972 1973 



$ $0.11 



Department of Agriculture. — Urbanization alters 

 the ecology of specific sites and influences that of 

 adjacent undeveloped areas. Research contributes to 

 improved guidelines for regional and urban planning to 

 minimize adverse consequences of urban expansion. 

 One example is the detailed analysis of potential new 

 residential and commercial growth in the rural Nicasio 

 Valley of California. Projected developments were 

 analyzed against a variety of ecological criteria and 

 conditions, and the most ecologically and aesthetically 

 sound approach was outlined. Other research includes 

 problems such as alteration of water regimes, erosion 

 and siltation due to construction, ecology of residual 

 open spaces and parks, nongame wildlife habitats in 

 urban and suburban areas, and ecology of shrubs for 

 modification of man's urban environment. 



1971 1972 8 1973 



$0.14 $0.17 $0.17 



National Science Foundation. — Research emphasis 

 is on synthesis and predictive modeling of ecological 

 relationships in rapidly urbanizing areas as a partial 

 basis for improved planning. Increase is due to the 

 research for urban management. The urbanization 

 process is analyzed in order to specify ecological data 

 needs and synthesis requirements. Ecological 

 responses to transportation networks, distribution of 

 utilities, siting of residential and industrial siting and 

 open space requirements are studied. Methods for 

 coupling ecological principles to the regional planning 

 process are being developed. 



1971 1972 1973 



$0.05 $0.16 $0.83 



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