Residential segregation, propagated by redlining, blockbusting, racial covenants, and other forms of institutional discrimination, has left an indelible impact on settlement…
Sharon Cornelissen, Christine Jang-Trettien
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April 25, 2023
In recent years, gentrification has captured the imagination of sociologists and the public alike, dominating conversations about the transformation of cities from New York…
Erica Moszkowski, Daniel Stackman
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April 12, 2023
Why do storefronts remain empty for more than a year in some of the world’s highest-rent retail districts? Landlords with vacancies derive option value from two sources of…
Every level of the United States government is currently working to address the intersection of climate change and equity priorities, with no perfect solution for balancing…
Drawing on three years of fieldwork, this article explains the emergence and persistence of two conflicting styles of street life in Brightmoor, a depopulated, majority Black…
Across the NeighborWorks America network, many housing organizations found that the year 2020 brought into sharp relief a number of technical and adaptive challenges facing…
Jennifer Molinsky, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Rodney Harrell, Shannon Guzman
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October 30, 2020
Around the world, a rapidly aging population has helped spur a recognition of the importance of creating livable and age-friendly neighborhoods and places where people of all…
Houston, Texas, America’s most diverse and fourth-largest city, is the most flooded city in the United States. Houston’s geography and urban planning make flooding and water…
Most research on right‐wing populism has tried to explain the rise of populist movements and parties. While some have studied how neighborhood contexts and histories shape…
Governing authorities in cities around the world are facing challenges to incentivize compact and more inclusive cities through investments in social housing. This paper…
