Reflections on the post-Covid city
What will COVID-19 and the shift to remote work do to the cities of the world? The temporary disruptions have been enormous and remain enormous as of the late summer of 2022.
Research
Implementing Digital Infrastructure Responses to Equity, Sustainability, and Safety
Local leaders across the United States have a unique opportunity to address crumbling infrastructure and increasing inequities thanks to trillions of dollars of new federal funding.
Can Nudges Increase Take-Up of the EITC? Evidence from Multiple Field Experiments
The Earned Income Tax Credit distributes more than $60 billion to over 20 million low-income families annually. Nevertheless, an estimated one-fifth of eligible households do not claim it.
How Something as Simple as a Speeding Ticket can Worsen Inequities
Segmented pricing would benefit lower-income residents and ease costly enforcement measures. The leaders of America’s cities could take a major step toward equity and fairness for their residents by
The Responsive City Cycle
Trust can take a long time to build and short time to lose.
An Industrial Policy for Good Jobs
Industrial policies have been with us for a long time, but often they have been carried out surreptitiously and without clear motivation.
How Partisanship in Cities Influences Housing Policy
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics.
Effects of demolishing abandoned buildings on firearm violence: a moderation analysis using aerial imagery and deep learning
Purpose: Demolishing abandoned buildings has been found to reduce nearby firearm violence. However, these effects might vary within cities and across time scales.
What can developing cities today learn from the urban past?
The downsides of density, including traffic congestion, contagious disease and crime, were common in Victorian London and classical Rome, just as they are today in Sao Paulo and Lagos.
Wetlands, Flooding, and the Clean Water Act
n 2020 the EPA narrowed the definition of 'Waters of the United States', significantly limiting wetland protection under the Clean Water Act.
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