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Learning to Live Together
<br /> By performing such analyses and pproviding important EndVeejEhard
<br /> feedback,planners can help to mote,coordinate, 1. A.Kerr."New•Greenhouse Report Puts Down
<br /> sharpen,and advance dialogue,occurring at different levels. Diss Science.249,(August 3. 1990),pp.481-482;and C...
<br /> Planners can also facilitate ublic education by developing R. they,"Scientists Warn of Dancers in a Warming Earth,
<br /> F P g w York Times.May.5, 1990.
<br /> decision support systemsdhat provide users with relevant 2.See"The World Through Green-Tinted Specs,"The
<br /> backeround information,allow them to examine ,
<br /> Economist,p.52,May 19, 1990.
<br /> 3.See inter alia,A.Marine and R.Richels,"CO2 Emission
<br /> alternatives,and skeA out detailed narratives of what is j Limiu:An Economic Cost Analvsis for the United States,"
<br /> possible and likely!In so doing,planners can help to shape,' Energy Journal,forthcoming;J.S.Diemer and J.W.Eheart.
<br /> a more realistic and instructive characterization of the "Transferable Discharge Permits Control of CO2 Emissions
<br /> i from Illinois Power Plants,"Journal of Air Pollution Control
<br /> choices and trade-offs that societies mast face. , Association,38,(8), .997-1005;"'A here There's Muck
<br /> There's Brass,"The Economist,t+p.46-47,March 17,1990.
<br /> 4.See"Me World Through Green-Tinted Specs."The
<br /> By dint of their positions in governments,public agencies, Economist,p.52.May 19, 1990.
<br /> and pri�zte practices,planners can exert a strong influence 5.See Peter Passel."Global Warming:China Perplex,"New
<br /> on whsi standards are adopted concerning such crucial York Times,March 7, 1990.
<br /> 6.See World Resources 1990-90,(Baltimore:WRI
<br /> aspects of the global warning problem as energy Publications, 1990).
<br /> efficiency,emissions contents,and transportation system 7.See R.Suro,"Europeans Charge U.S.is Balking on Plan to
<br /> utilization. They cannot influence as easily the substance Fight Global Warming,"New York Times,July 10, 1990.
<br /> t $ See the papers collected in Contributions to the Cornell-
<br /> of aarv�rno-+rc on what.^;;;::its as e�aitaule,who has Ni:SA Workshop on Large Scale Social Science Models,edited
<br /> -- _ b Walter Isard,Sidney Saltzman,and Christine Smith,
<br /> development rights,or the extent to which vanishing Y Y
<br /> resources should be preserved for present and future
<br /> (Champaign:National Center for Supercomputer Applications,
<br /> 1990),and Walter Isard,"Progress in Global Modeling for
<br /> generations. Nor can they mp/tifacture the political will World Policy on Arms Control and Environmental
<br /> required for the adoption and enforcement of such Management,"Conflict Management and Peace Science, 11,
<br /> (Spring, 1990),pp.57-94.
<br /> agreements. But by engaging in the activities suggested 9.See William A.Nitze,"A Proposed Structure for an
<br /> above planners can serve in a maieutic capacity,helping International Convention on Climate Change,"Science,249
<br /> societies to arrive at the technical understandings,the (August 10,1990),pp.607-608,and William D.Nordhaus,'7o
<br /> Slow or Not to Slow:The Economics of the Greenhouse Effect,"
<br /> practical(moral an 'politi cal)judgements,and the / draft manuscript,Yale University,February 5, 1990.
<br /> collective wisdort�and foresight they will need to adapt-and 10.See various articles in the September 1990 issue of
<br /> Scientific American.
<br /> coexist in the fade of global environmental problems../ 11.In support of this view,see Jurgen Habermas,Moral
<br /> Consciousness and Communicative Action,(Cambridge:M.I.T.
<br /> KIERAN NAGHY is on the facultythe of Depattment of � 1990).
<br /> 12.See Edgar S.Dunn,Jr.,Economic and Social Development:
<br /> Urban egional Planning at the Uruyerst Ut Illinois at A Process of Social Learning,(Baltimore:Johns Hopkins Press,
<br /> Urbana ampatgn. He is currently eondu�g diffetenual 1971);and John Friedmann,Retracking America:A Theory of
<br /> gain ses of multilateral It es to bal` Transactive Planning,(Garden City:Anchor Books, 1973).
<br /> g }' . Po .cY 13.See for instance,Andrew Hughes-Hallet and Hedley Rees,
<br /> wamung..He has been a consuhant the World Bank and Quantitative Economic Policies and Interactive Plannin A
<br /> Reconstruction o the Theo o Economic Policy, g
<br /> .!anus State and Iocal agencies. :;:.........:.:... .:::,.;, : f f uy,(Cam d e:
<br /> Cambridge University Press, 1983).
<br /> Meeting the Challenge of Demographic Change i;n Past-1,11ar Suburbs
<br /> Bonnie Jacobson-Schwartz
<br /> The aging of post-World War II suburbs has been the These were the issues facing the Village of Skokie,
<br /> subject of many research papers,most of which focus on Illinois,a prototypical post-World War II suburb. The
<br /> the need for increasing services to the elderly. Yet what majority of Skokie's homes were constructed in the
<br /> will the future bring for these aging communities? Who 1950s.which attracted many young families to the
<br /> will buy the homes left by older members of the community. In 1960 the percentage of the population age
<br /> community? Post-World War II suburbs must be able to 60 and older was only eight percent;but the elderly
<br /> attract younger families to maintain their viability and population in Skokie increased to 12 percent in 1970 and
<br /> their tax base. Without a strong base of young families to 22 percent in 1980. Between 1970 and 1980,seven
<br /> there may not be adequate support for school bond issues, elementary schools closed,followed in 1980s by the
<br /> youth services and recreation programs,or a diversity of closing of a high school and another elementary school.
<br /> retail services. An aging population may result in less Skokie had developed the image of a graying community.
<br /> home and property maintenance,as the personal incomes
<br /> and physical capabilities of the population decline. Less In September 1988,the Mayor of Skokie appointed a task
<br /> maintenance and rehabilitation of the housing stock will force to analyze the demographic composition of the
<br /> lead to reduced property values and local tax revenues: community and to recommend how to attract more young
<br /> Strong property tax revenues are critical in many families to the area The task force was made up of
<br /> communities to maintaining quality services. younger residents of the community,including many who
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