The Brookings Institution

This brief highlights ten action steps that urban leaders can take to turn empty and derelict properties into tax-generating assets.

This case study reviews the vacant land and land reform policies and programs undertaken in Baltimore and Philadelphia, providing a guide for urban leaders grappling with this complex issue.

A Brookings Institute working paper describes the challenge of optimizing state consumption given pro-cyclical budget constraints.

Most of the nation's largest central cities grew during the 1990s, but population change at the neighborhood level was more uneven. This report shows that population decentralization is occurring even inside city borders.

A new book gathers the observations of housing experts on low-income homeownership and its effects on households and communities.

This paper examines poverty rate trends in the nation's largest metropolitan areas over the 1990s, and finds highly uneven outcomes in a decade of strong economic growth.

This paper summarizes the use and impact of three major types of urban containment policies -- urban growth boundaries, greenbelts, and urban service areas.

This paper identifies four types of Hispanic growth pattern in the 100 largest metro areas.

This report examines key trends challenging the Louisville region as it prepares for a city/county consolidation.

This survey looks at 2000 Census data for 100 medium-sized U.S. cities and reveals that they experienced demographic changes similar to their big city peers.

This paper presents new evidence that individuals living in central cities and remote rural areas face common challenges in moving from welfare to work.

This paper proposes new reforms and strategies to help TOD projects overcome barriers and reach their full promise.

Biotechnology is at the heart of a fast-growing new sector and it has become a focal point of economic development strategies.

This report finds that most policies overlook the needs of first suburbs and calls for reforms to help strengthen their health before they become the next ring of decline.

American Metropolitics, creates a powerful new typology of America's suburbs.

The 2001 Potomac Index is designed to measure the Greater Washington region's progress on key economic, social, and environmental issues.

This paper is a comprehensive review of existing federal, state, and local open space protection programs and their role in shaping metropolitan growth. The report primarily finds that, despite their widespread use, programs to protect and

Strengthening banking services under the Community Reinvestment Act.

The Brookings Institution presents a comprehensive review of academic literature on the link between growth management and housing affordability.

This new analysis of 2000 Census data shows that the types of households fueling growth in metropolitan America are challenging conventional notions of who lives in cities and suburbs.