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enjoyment, they will be used and used to great advantage from an 

 economic standpoint as well as a social standpoint. 



If normal circumstances prevail, the Nation's population and general 

 high standard of living will continue to increase in the coming 

 decades. A moderate estimate projects a doubling of the national 

 population by the turn of the century, with a significant proportion 

 of that growth occuring in urban areas. 



The population will be made up of a large proportion of youth and 

 young persons of working ages, with only a moderate increase in the 

 elderly through the end of the century. Personal income will rise 

 dramatically. Estimates of leisure time vary considerably, but all 

 authorities agree that the work week will shorten, from a conser- 

 vative estimate of 35 hours a week to as little as 20 hours per week. 

 The National Planning Association has projected that in 1990, ten 

 per cent, and in 2000, twenty per cent of the men between the ages 

 of 25 and 54 will be granted a one-year leave every seven years. 



Urban and particularly suburban growth will expand greatly both to 

 accommodate the growing population and to provide amenities that it 

 increasingly demands: single family dwellings, recreational areas, 

 transportation facilities, industrial development, and so on. These 

 demands will place rapidly increasing burdens on the Nation's 

 resources and its environment. These burdens, in turn, will tax the 

 ability of decision-makers and the Nation's population to cope with 



