Urban Research and Education in the New York Metropolitan Region - Volume 2

The papers in this volume were prepared, at the invitation of the

editors, as part of an effort, sponsored by Regional Plan Association,

to learn how the intellectual resources of New York might be mobilized

more effectively to cope with the difficult problems of the largest and

most complex urban region in the country. We turn to this group of

highly knowledgeable scholars and practitioners for insights into the

current activities of the universities and research institutions in

urban affairs and the major gaps and unmet needs. All of them responded

with quite specific proposals as to what might be done to obtain greater

capacity for research in urban affairs and improved professional

education for planning and other urban tasks.

We have drawn heavily on these papers in preparing our report on

Urban Research and Education in the New York Metropolitan Region, presented

as a companion volume. As indicated in the introduction to that volume,

because of’ the richness of the material contained in the contributed papers,

we have been able in our report to concentrate on a relatively small

number of central issues.in education and research and on essential

institutional questions. Thus, we owe a great deal to those who prepared

these papers and commend them strongly to all those in New York who are

concerned with the role of the universities in the future life of the

region.