Tag: Cities
A new solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith
Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Over the past few decades, vacant and underutilized churches have become a familiar sight...
Bargain-hunting robocars could spell the end for downtown parking – cities...
Corey Harper, Carnegie Mellon University and Constantine Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University
Imagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless...
New York’s new rental protections won’t end the outsize influence of...
Cem S. Kayatekin, IE University
New York has passed sweeping new laws that will close some legal loopholes that allowed the city’s 1 million rent-stabilized...
Can parks help cities fight crime?
Lincoln Larson, North Carolina State University and S. Scott Ogletree, Clemson University
The relationship between parks and crime remains the subject of debate.
Some scholars...
How dogs help keep multiracial neighborhoods socially segregated
Sarah Mayorga-Gallo, University of Massachusetts Boston
Cities in the United States are getting less segregated and, according to a recent national survey, most Americans value...
Most of America’s rural areas are doomed to decline
David Swenson, Iowa State University
Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people....
Why some counties are powerhouses for innovation
Christopher Boone, Arizona State University
By the time the application window closed, Amazon had received 238 proposals from cities and regions throughout North America looking...
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees
Sonja Dümpelmann, Harvard University
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates.
In 2007, New...
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Why the Supreme Court’s ‘gay wedding cake’ ruling won’t resolve religious...
David Mislin, Temple University
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its long-anticipated ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In a 7-2...
