THE 1965
STANDARD LAND USE CODING MANUAL
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A study conducted and developed through a Housing and Home
Finance Agency contract with Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., under
the supervision of Robert B. Teska, project administrator, and with
overall direction and assistance by Rodney E. Engelen, principal
associate, led to the publication of SLUCM.
SLUCM had two primary sponsoring agencies: Urban Renewal
Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. The Urban
Renewal Administration, which is now the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, was at that time in the Housing and Home Finance
Agency. William L. Slayton was the commissioner of the Urban Renewal
Administration. The Federal Highway Administration was part of the
Bureau of Public Roads in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Rex M.
Whitton was the federal highway administrator. Both Slayton and
Whitton signed the foreword for SLUCM.
More than forty other federal, state, and local agencies
collaborated in developing SLUCM along with planners from academia,
private sector, and professional organizations. Among these were
Dennis O'Harrow from the American Society of Planning Officials and
Robert L. William from American Institute of Planners.
The complete bibliographic citation is as follows:
Urban Renewal Administration, Housing
and Home Finance Agency, and Bureau of Public Roads, Department of
Commerce. 1965.
Standard Land Use Coding Manual: A Standard System for
Identifying and Coding Land Use Activities.
(SLUCM). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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