Final Report of the Urban Experimental Research Institute, Michigan State University

摘要

The Urban Experimental Research Institute was established to: (1) Identify research/consultation projects in a collaborative fashion with the City of Lansing, Michigan which would be conducted by Michigan State University faculty members, (2) To complete these projects, and (3) To identify some projects which might be undertaken in other cities. Overall, the Institute provided a means by which to examine a model for university-city collaboration. This model was based on that of the Agricultural Experiment Station. That is, given projects identified by city administrators as important, attempts were made to identify faculty members in various departments at Michigan State University. Having successfully identified these faculty members, their expertise was employed on the identified projects. These projects were conducted under the auspices of the Institute for the City of Lansing: (1) 'An analysis of the Deployment of Fire-Fighting Resources in Lansing, Michigan' (2) 'City of Lansing Refuse System Analysis and Routing Simulator' (3) 'A Study of Marketing Planning for Economic Development: Perspectives for the Lansing Region'.