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Title:

FIVE YEARS OF HIGHWAY RESEARCH' A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Accession Number:

00239730

Record Type:

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Abstract:

BEFORE AND AFTER STUDIES ARE BEING MADE INTO THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA. HIGHWAY-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS ARE BEING STUDIED UTILIZING POPULATION DATA, LEVEL OF LIVING, ATTITUDES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND HIGHWAY USE. THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDER- STANDING THE HIGHWAY-COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP IS ACCENTUATED BY THE MAGNITUDE OF PROPOSED INTERCHANGE CONSTRUCTION. ONE OBJECTIVE OF SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS IS TO IDENTIFY THE SOCIAL FORCES THAT EXPLAIN VARIATION IN THE ACCEPTANCE OF PLANNING AND ZONING MEASURES CONDUCIVE TO HIGHWAY PROTECTION AT INTERCHANGE SITED.

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Monograph Accession #:

01410035

Authors:

Dansereau, H Kirk

Pagination:

pp 76-81

Publication Date:

1965

Serial:

Highway Research Record

Issue Number: 75
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

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Subject Areas:

Economics; Geotechnology; Highways; Society

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Dec 12 1994 12:00AM

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