Social / Demographics
Vancouver Struggles With Homelessness, Affordable Housing
As Vancouver prepares for the 2010 Winter Olympics, rampant homelessness and a lack of affordable low-income housing threatens to tarnish the city's Olympic gold.
Baltimore A Magnet For Female Homebuyers
With relatively affordable housing stock and an increasingly desirable urban environment, Baltimore has attracted single female homebuyers at twice the national average.
Social Security For 1 Cent A Day
A bill facing parliament in India would provide a broad social security program for nearly 400 million poor workers in India. Some say the $22 billion program will cost too much to sustain.
Boomers Flocking To Arlington County's Metro Corridor After Life-Changing Events
Major life changes affecting families, such as the death or divorce of a spouse, is often the stimulus needed for boomers to seek a new life in the vibrant Rosslyn-Ballston corridor along the Metro line in Arlington County, Virginia near D.C.
Iraqi Refugees Find Few Welcoming Mats
For Iraqi refugees, finding a place to go is a major challenge. Strict policies in many European countries makes finding asylum difficult, but Sweden has proven to be the most welcoming country.
Is Chicago Serious About Ending Homelessness?
With little progress having been made on Mayor Richard Daley's campaign pledge to end homelessness by 2012, some are wondering if the promise is just a pipe dream, or worse, a political stunt.
Hope VI Leads To Revitalization Of Atlanta School
Though not mentioned in this article, a Hope VI-funded revitalization of Atlanta's Carver Homes housing project led to the development of a school which is now being considered as a city-wide model.
An Index For Measuring Income Segregation
This academic journal article proposes a new index that that can be used to relate income segregation on the spatial arrangement of neighborhoods, and uses examples from Baltimore, Maryland.
Urbanization And Declining Birth Rates In Asia
Birth rates have been steadily declining in many Asian countries -- a trend some are attributing partly to rapid industrialization and urbanization.
Sex and the City, Pregnancy and the Suburb?
If a correlation exists between birth rates and urbanization, does the post World War II baby boom owe its existence to urban sprawl?
Cleveland Struggles To Turn Talk Into Action On Regionalism
Following up on a series from three years ago, the Cleveland Plain Dealer finds that much hopeful talk on the benefits of regional cooperation have yet to translate into actual reform.
Venezuelan Land Redistribution's Success And Violence
A program to redistribute farmland from wealthy landowners to the rural poor in Venezuela has shown success for the new farmers as well as violence on both sides of the struggle.
India's Slums Double In Size
Though the country has experienced an economic boom, the number of Indians living in slums has increased 100 percent in the last two decades.
District of Columbia Losing Black Majority
With D.C. neighborhoods attracting new white upper-income residents and lower-income black families fleeing for the more affordable suburbs, the nation's capital is poised to lose its longtime status as a black-majority city.
Are Cities The Key To Success In The 21st Century?
Bruce Katz of The Brookings Institution argues that the health and vitality of cities will determine which nations will prosper in this century -- which he has dubbed the 'Urban Age'.
A Wake Up Call For Aging Communities
A new report is aimed at helping America's cities and counties prepare to meet the needs of an aging baby boomer population.
The Rudest Drivers In The U.S.
Miami has been ranked as the number one city with rude drivers, according to a recent survey.
'Tent City' For Oakland's Homeless
City officials in Oakland, California, are proposing the creation of a "tent city" to provide temporary shelter to the homeless. Advocates say the private tents will be preferred to the city's existing barracks-style shelters.
Some Seniors Don't Want Free Rides
Free off-peak transportation on buses and trains in Connecticut has generated interest and support, but some seniors would prefer that greater funding be devoted to existing dial-a-ride services that are already in place across the state.
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools
This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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