Poverty Areas

Redlining map of Oakland and Berkeley.

Rethinking Redlining

For decades we have blamed 100-year-old maps for the patterns of spatial racial inequity that persist in American cities today. An esteemed researcher says: we’ve got it all wrong.

May 15, 2025 - Alan Mallach

Aerial view of wide multilane road intersection.

Stroads, High Poverty Are Commonalities Between US Counties with High Pedestrian Death Rates

Three-fourths of counties with the highest pedestrian death rates also had persistently high poverty rates, according to a Stateline article.

September 9, 2024 - Stateline

Census: More Americans Living in 'Poverty Areas'

In the most recent analysis to come from a bounty of data releases this week from the U.S. Census, Governing examines the growth of poverty, especially the areas where it concentrates.

July 4, 2014 - Governing

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.

Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold

The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.

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