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The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission Records document efforts to solve major public problems in land, water, resource management, and economic development in the six county Chicago metropolitan area from 1960 to 1980. This collection presents a rich resource for geographic, demographic, public policy, and environmental research in region and complements other records collections the Center holds. This collection is especially strong in land use, water resources, and transportation development. Three distinct records series may be found in the collection: documents relating to the entire region, records from county planning agencies within the region, and studies undertaken by municipalities. The first series is arranged by major problem areas (land, water, transportation) and contains many of the Commission’s annual reports. The other two series are arranged by place name, alphabetically, then by subject of study.