Posts Tagged ‘
Urban Affairs ’
Jul 10th, 2012 |
By Sam Quinney
Medium sized cities are a major driver of economic growth in the American economy
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Cities, Economic Development, Economy, GDP, growth, McKinsey and Company, MGI, mid-sized, size, Urban, Urban Affairs
May 18th, 2012 |
By Marisa O'Donnell
New York’s failed plan for congestion pricing has lessons for policymakers everywhere.
Posted in Energy & Environment, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: carbon, Chicago, Cities, Climate Change, CO2, congestion, Congestion Pricing, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Los Angeles, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, NYC, PlaNYC, Traffic, Transport Policy, transportation, Urban, Urban Affairs, urban transportation
May 14th, 2012 |
By Sam Quinney
The cities of the developing world are taking off. The cities of the Global North ought to get on board, or risk being left behind.
Posted in International Affairs, Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Chicago, China, Cities, Development, International Development, McKinsey and Company, Nigeria, Pakistan, Urban, Urban Affairs
Apr 23rd, 2012 |
By Mike Reddy
A leading city planner assesses the new urbanist strides in Chicago.
Posted in Policy in Practice, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Chicago, Cities, Congress for the New Urbanism, cta, cyclovias, El Paso, Gabe Klein, Heather Smith, Miami, Peoria, Rahm Emanuel, speed cameras, Sustainability, Urban, Urban Affairs, West Palm Beach
Apr 20th, 2012 |
By Mike Sitkowski
U.S. metros, the nation’s exporters, are driving economic recovery.
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Cities, Conference of Mayors, Economy, Economy Recovery, Employment forecast, Exports, financial crisis, Global Insight, Great Recession, IHS Global Insight, Imports, Poverty, recession, trade, U.S. Conference of Mayors, unemployment, Urban, Urban Affairs, Urban growth
Apr 19th, 2012 |
By Marisa O'Donnell
Livability principles can help policymakers prioritize transit spending, especially for Bus Rapid Transit.
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: BRT, Bus, Bus Rapid Transit, Federal Transit Administration, metropolitan planning council, mpc, Public Transportation, Rail, transportation, Urban, Urban Affairs
Apr 13th, 2012 |
By Charlie Barlow
Low-income homeowners get some satisfaction.
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: Disadvantaged Neighborhoods, Elizabeth Freeze, Home Equity, Homeownership, Housing, Katrin Anacker, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Neighborhoods, Ownership Society, Roberto Quercia, Shannon Van Zandt, Urban, Urban Affairs, Urban Poor, Yeong Yeo
Apr 5th, 2012 |
By Mike Sitkowski
A recent paper found that Americans are highly segregated by income. A new paper finds the opposite is true for race.
Posted in Research in Brief, Urban Affairs |
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Tags: African-Americans, Census, Edward Glaeser, gentrification, Housing, income inequality, inequality, Jacob Vigdor, Kendra Bischoff, Manhattan Institute, Neighborhoods, public housing, Residential Segregation, Sean F. Reardon, Segregation, Urban, Urban Affairs
Apr 2nd, 2012 |
By Angela Chung
Researchers take an in-depth look into Chicago’s After School Matters.
Posted in Child & Family, Research in Brief |
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Tags: After School Matters, After School Programs, ASM, Barton J. Hirsch, Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, Child & Family, Cities, David Sinski, education policy, Intent-to-Treat, JulieAnn Stawicki, Larry V. Hedges, Maggie Daley, Megan A. Mekinda, Treatment-on-Treated, Urban, Urban Affairs