Urban Wonk
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Urban Wonk
The Inequality of Urban Tree Cover
Minorities are significantly more likely to live in heat-prone neighborhoods that will be particularly at risk with climate change.
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Urban Wonk
Retail Redlining: One of the Most Pervasive Forms of Racism Left in America?
Why do retailers, restaurants and grocery stores stay out of communities that can afford (and want) them?
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Urban Wonk
The Problem With Calling Cities 'Post-Industrial'
It's time to come up with a new way of thinking and talking about places like Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
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Urban Wonk
Lots of Cars and Trucks, No Traffic Signs or Lights: Chaos or Calm?
A new film makes the case for Poynton's shared space experiment.
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Urban Wonk
How Baseball Stadiums Drive Housing Costs
Neighborhoods near Major League Baseball stadiums cost more – especially if the team has a better shot at winning the 2013 World Series.
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Urban Wonk
The Strange Case of Squatters' Sovereignty
A new twist on property rights, in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C.
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Urban Wonk
Is It Time to Move Past Urban Studies and Toward Urbanization Science?
Some scholars are calling for a stronger understanding of the "DNA" of cities — and, by extension, an improved ability to address urban problems in a systemic manner.
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Urban Wonk
An Epic Transit-Oriented Development Fail
Let this be a lesson to all: TOD requires more than transit and development. It needs to be walkable.
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What the Steamship and the Landline Can Tell Us About the Decline of the Private Car
Even the most ubiquitous technologies eventually disappear.
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Urban Wonk
How Congress Could Help Create the Next Great Neighborhood
The BUILD Act is designed to help local governments and other entities clean up and revitalize brownfield sites.
