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Warnecke, Richard

Improving Health Care Efficiency: Strategic Approaches to Managing Care for Asthma, Sickle Cell Disease and Tuberculosis -- Conference Proceedings
Elizabeth S. Hauser, Richard B. Warnecke, Susan Kerby, and Charles Bright
April 1996
GCP-96-5
This report details the proceedings of a conference of local policy makers, researchers, health care providers, and others to discuss the effective and efficient health care management of sickle cell disease (SCD), asthma and tuberculosis. The report is a summary of the panel presentations, and the recommendations for policy development.




Wenzel, Stacey

Gender Issues in the Construction of Scientific Knowledge:
Inquiry into a 6th Grade Urban Classroom

Maria Varelas, Barbara Luster, Stacy Wenzel, and Jane Liao
July 1997
GCP-97-5
This paper addresses preliminary data and analyses linking gender issues with the teaching and learning of science. This study explores how elementary students participate in lessons, develop meaning around topics, and how teachers and students interact with each other.




Wiewel, Wim

Metropolitan Decentralization in Chicago: Summary Report
Chicago Case Study Working Group
For more information, contact Wim Wiewel
July 2001
The report discusses the realities of sprawl in the Chicago area and the impacts it has on social welfare. The authors also examine the policies that have led to sprawl and give recommendations for slowing sprawl in the Chicago region.
* This paper is in draft form. Some of the figures are missing. Please check back soon for updates.

The Proposed New Interstate 69 Highway: Is It a Cost-Effective Rural Economic
Development Tool for Southwest Indiana?

Wim Wiewel, Joseph J. Persky, and Mark Edward Sendzik
August 1999
GCP-99-3
This study examines the cost-effectiveness of the Evansville-to-Bloomington portion of the proposed new Interstate 69 highway in Southwest Indiana in fulfilling its stated purpose of stimulating economic development in four rural Indiana counties. We compare the proposed highway with other rural economic development programs and strategies such as rural enterprise zones, federal economic development programs, business incubators, and local industrial development groups. In addition, we use a variety of state cost and job creation estimates, cost calculations, and comparison figures. Although this study does not take a position on whether the proposed new highway should be built, we conclude that if the purpose of the I-69 project is economic development in these rural counties, far more cost-efficient alternatives almost certainly exist.

Long Term Collaborations: Building Relationships and Achieving Results
in the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative

Wim Wiewel and Ismael Guerrero
January 1998
GCP-98-1
This article analyzes the UIC Neighborhoods Initiative as a successful cross-sector collaboration of a university with other organizations that jointly addresses societal problems. The analysis qualitatively identifies the critical factors that have been key elements in creating a successful partnership.

Goal Acievement, Relationship Building and Incrementalism: The Challenges
of University-Community Partnerships

Wim Wiewel and Michael Lieber
January 1998
GCP-97-12
A four-step planning process describes the fluid planning model involved in university-community partnerships. This planning model differs from the rational planning model because the process is founded on the collaboration of partners working together to achieve some goal. In this way, relationships are built and goals are achieved. University of Illinois at Chicago Neighborhoods Initiative is used to illustrate the relationship-oriented planning process.

New Directions for Central City and Suburban Development: Presentation Summary
Wim Wiewel
October 1997
GCP-97-7
Presented to the Downtown Economic Development Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, this paper makes the claim that cities are still the most creative, most productive, and most vibrant places and should be considered as such by the federal government through effective urban policy. The author calls for concerted government actions and private sector participation to initiate and sustain growth in urban regions.

Economic Renaissance in the Windy City: The Wind of Change or Just Hot Air?
Presentation Summary

Wim Wiewel
October 1997
GCP-97-6
This paper is the summary of a presentation given at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago conference, "The New Mosaic: New Partners, New Ventures." The paper provides an overview of the recent economic growth in Chicago.

University Involvement in the Community: Developing a Partnership Model
Wim Wiewel and David Broski
October 1997
GCP-97-3
How can a university be useful to its community in a direct and applied way? This discourse uses the specific approach taken by the University of Illinois at Chicago to illuminate some of the issues that universities have to confront in developing a partnership model of university-community involvement.

Solid Waste Incineration in the Chicago Metropolitan Area:
The Battle over the Illinois Rate Law

Mark Sendzik and Wim Wiewel
July 1996
GCP-96-10
In the 1980's, the federal, state, and local governments developed a range of policies to handle the disposal of solid waste. This paper provides an overview for the events that led to the adoption of the controversial 1988 Retail Rate Law, which responded to the threat of a solid waste crisis in Chicago. Also, the paper examines the nature of the forces promoting and opposing the Retail Rate Law as well as two incinerator proposals.

Central City and Suburban Development: Who Pays and Who Benefits?
Joseph Persky and Wim Wiewel
May 1996
GCP-96-8
This paper addresses the overall social costs of firms locating in the outer ring suburbs of large urban areas. The evidence presented suggests that for society as a whole, deconcentration of development to outer ring suburban areas brings few or no net gains while presenting significant inequities in the distribution of costs and benefits.