This series contains studies involving: inventories; alternative methods of park acquisition, design and maintenance; public improvements programs; areawide development plans; base maps; work program reports; work program goals; river studies; and work analysis. Ihe Atlanta Regional Ccmnission, a consolidation of a number of areawide planning functions operating in the Atlanta area, was created by State legislation (Ga. Laws 1971, Act No. 5) establishing it as the comprehensive planning agency for Metropolitan Atlanta. Its prime objective is to provide a unified, continuing and canprehensive approach to areawide planning and policy-making. These studies provide important data on the growth of the Atlanta Metroplitan Region.