Being a smart city should mean something different than a technology fetish The growing appreciation of the importance of cities, especially by leaders in business and science, is much appreciated and long overdue. Many have
How smart are “smart” cities, really? Read Post »
Portland’s City Council reversed its denial of one tall apartment building; we commend them Back in March, we were critical of a decision by the Portland City Council to deny approval of a 17-story apartment
Portland votes to increase housing supply Read Post »
Integrated neighborhoods produce more mixing, but don’t automatically generate universal social interaction. What should we make of that? Our recent report, America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods identifies those places where people from different racial
Socioeconomic mixing is essential to closing the Kumbaya gap Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. City Report: America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods. Our new City Report digs deep into the patterns of racial/ethnic and income segregation in US metro areas. We’ve used
The Week Observed, June 22, 2018 Read Post »
Our new CityReport dives deep in data; but what does a diverse, mixed income neighborhood look like? As we explained in our new report–America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods–nearly seven million Americans live in one
Profiles of Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Read Post »
Today we’re releasing our latest CityReport: America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods. In this report, we use Census data to identify those neighborhoods that have the highest levels of both racial/ethnic and income diversity among
City Report: America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods Read Post »
