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<br />THE YEAR IN REVIEW <br /> <br />OCTOBER I, 1957-SEPTEMBER 30, 1958 <br /> <br />RESULTS OF COMPLETED STAFF RESEARCH PROJECTS were <br />made publicly available in five studies issued during the year: an economic <br />analysis of alternative methods of river basin development; the findings <br />of a special committee on needs and facilities for forest credit; a collection <br />of the available statistics on outdoor recreation, which also points up the <br />serious gaps in existing data; a critical estimate of the domestic availability <br />of oil and natural gas in 1975; and an appraisal of education for city, <br />state, and regional planning in the light of changing problems of resource <br />development and economic growth. Three other books were in press at the <br />close or the program year: a hroad study of the role of technology in <br />American water development, which considers future possibilities as well <br />as the record to date; a volume of essays (based on papers given at the <br />t958 Resources for the Future Forum) on the history and prospects of the <br />conservation movement in the United States; and a set of water balance <br />maps of eastern North America with a guide to their use, the result of <br />work undertaken through research agreement. <br />As an outgrowth of research principally supported by a 1954 grant from <br />Resources for the Future, the National Planning Association published <br />four more studies in its series on productive uses of nuclear energy. <br /> <br />~ Research on a number of other staff or grant projects was either com- <br />pleted or nearly so hy the end of the year. Four of these, each or which <br />represents a major effort by one of the staff research groups over periods <br />of from one to three years, are especially notable for breadth and depth <br />of treatment: the long-term energy position of the United States, including <br />projections of future requirements and supplies; an analysis of present and <br />emerging patterns of land use throughout the country; a compilation of <br /> <br />8 <br />