University of Minnesota, Morris : SEAMS Projects

The following are the various areas of analysis which have been identified as community needs. Once projects are completed, some of the areas may be expanded on, or removed altogether and replaced with new community needs. For now, these outline the various areas, and the characteristics within these areas for examination by the students in the courses outline in Section IV.

A. ECONOMIC - Industrial Analysis of Stevens County
+ Wage levels
+ Employment & Unemployment levels
+ Number of establishments
+ Sales levels

B. DEMOGRAPHIC
- Age distributions
- Income and Poverty levels
- Housing
- Family Size and Type
+ Social Service Programs -Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Food Stamps, Social Services

C. ENVIRONMENTAL
- Pollution
+ Climate
+ Temperature
+ Wind directions
+ Precipitation
+ Water levels, drainage, discharge, and erosion

D. LAND USE & TRANSPORTATION
+ Residential
+ Commercial
+ Industrial
+ Major and Minor Arterial highways and streets
+ Within Morris
+ Rural Morris Area
- Regional Area

E. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESOURCES
- Political Science
- Biology
 - Economics

+ Indicates projects completed in the 1995-1996 academic year.