The widening gap between poor and rich neighborhoods since 1970
Claudia Solari, "Affluent Neighborhood Persistence and Change in U.S. Cities," City & Community 11 (2012): 4 The take-away: This study documents an...
August 12, 2024
Sprawl hinders socioeconomic mobility
Reid Ewing et. al, "Does urban sprawl hold down upward mobility?", Landscape and Urban Planning 148 (2016): 1 Abstract: Contrary to the general per...
August 12, 2024
SoCal municipalities don’t offer these incentives to make housing more affordable, but could
Ajay Garde, "Affordable by Design? Inclusionary Housing Insights from Southern California," Journal of Planning Education and Research 31 (2016): 3 ...
August 12, 2024
Integration through tenure mixing: good or bad for low-income residents?
Julia Markovich, "‘They Seem to Divide Us’: Social Mix and Inclusion in Two Traditional Urbanist Communities," Housing Studies 30 (2015): 1 The tak...
August 12, 2024
Home-based enterprises are necessities, and urban planners need to take note
Nkeiru Ezeadichie, "Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning? " Berkeley Planning Journal 25 (2012) The take-away: ...
August 12, 2024
Ethnic entrepreneurship in core-periphery geographies of the late-19th United States
Robert Boyd, "Retail and wholesale enterprise among ethnic groups in core and peripheral urban centers: the late-nineteenth-century United States," U...
August 12, 2024
Ethnic entrepreneurship can help communities better if they are recognized in public discourse
Leona Achtenhagen & Cindy Price Schultz, "Invisible struggles: the representation of ethnic entrepreneurship in US newspapers," Journal of Community D...
August 12, 2024
Does sprawl help minorities?
Jared M. Ragusett, "Is Urban Sprawl Good for Minorities?", Housing Policy Debate 24 (2013): 2 The take-away: In general, this article finds that sp...
August 12, 2024
Community Reinvestment Act has improved loan accessibility in underprivileged areas, but further gains are needed
Timothy Bates & Alicia Robb, "Has the Community Reinvestment Act increased loan availability among small businesses operating in minority neighbourho...
August 12, 2024
Barbershop: the role of African American barbershops in resilient social networks
Patricia Burke Wood & Rod Brunson, "Geographies of Resilient Social Networks: The Role of African American Barbershops," Urban Geography 32 (2011): 2 ...
August 12, 2024