Download or read book Population and Economy, Monroe, North Carolina (Classic Reprint) written by N. C. Division Of Community Planning and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Population and Economy, Monroe, North Carolina This report is the first in a series of studies to be prepared by the Monroe Planning Board with technical assis tance from the Division of Community Planning, Department of Conservation and Development. A report such as this usually precedes any other planning work and is a necessary element in any comprehensive planning program. A city is, in the final analysis, only a reflection of the people who dwell in it. In turn, where there are people, there must be ways of earning a livelihood. It is true that people must be provided with streets, water, sewers, electricity, schools, recreation facilities the list could go on and on but these activities, insofar as a city's reason for being is concerned, are secondary. The population and the economy of an area, then, must be torn apart like a watch to see what makes it tick. Without this detailed analysis, the planning of the city would be rather vague and ambiguous. Questions which must be answered are Who and how many are to be planned for? How much land will be needed for future development? How will the future population affect the demand for community facilities and services? Will income levels be conducive to providing these facilities and services? What is the city's potential for attracting new industry? 15 existing industry of a stable and high-growth nature? There are many more which could be asked, but those above are sufficient to illustrate the rele vance of a population and economic analysis to planning the economic, social and demographic framework must be established and defined before effective planning can ensue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.