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Sprawl hinders socioeconomic mobility
Reid Ewing et. al, "Does urban sprawl hold down upward mobility?", Landscape and Urban Planning 148 (2016): 1 Abstract: Contrary to the general per...
October 20, 2023SoCal municipalities don’t offer these incentives to make housing more affordable, but could
Ajay Garde, "Affordable by Design? Inclusionary Housing Insights from Southern California," Journal of Planning Education and Research 31 (2016): 3 ...
October 20, 2023Integration through tenure mixing: good or bad for low-income residents?
Julia Markovich, "‘They Seem to Divide Us’: Social Mix and Inclusion in Two Traditional Urbanist Communities," Housing Studies 30 (2015): 1 The tak...
October 20, 2023Home-based enterprises are necessities, and urban planners need to take note
Nkeiru Ezeadichie, "Home-Based Enterprises in Urban Space: Obligation for Strategic Planning? " Berkeley Planning Journal 25 (2012) The take-away: ...
October 20, 2023Ethnic entrepreneurship in core-periphery geographies of the late-19th United States
Robert Boyd, "Retail and wholesale enterprise among ethnic groups in core and peripheral urban centers: the late-nineteenth-century United States," U...
October 20, 2023Ethnic entrepreneurship can help communities better if they are recognized in public discourse
Leona Achtenhagen & Cindy Price Schultz, "Invisible struggles: the representation of ethnic entrepreneurship in US newspapers," Journal of Community D...
October 20, 2023Does sprawl help minorities?
Jared M. Ragusett, "Is Urban Sprawl Good for Minorities?", Housing Policy Debate 24 (2013): 2 The take-away: In general, this article finds that sp...
October 20, 2023Community Reinvestment Act has improved loan accessibility in underprivileged areas, but further gains are needed
Timothy Bates & Alicia Robb, "Has the Community Reinvestment Act increased loan availability among small businesses operating in minority neighbourho...
October 20, 2023Barbershop: the role of African American barbershops in resilient social networks
Patricia Burke Wood & Rod Brunson, "Geographies of Resilient Social Networks: The Role of African American Barbershops," Urban Geography 32 (2011): 2 ...
October 20, 2023The elderly and how community design can promote their safety
Eric Dumbaug & Yi Zhang, "The Relationship between Community Design and Crashes Involving Older Drivers and Pedestrians," Journal of Planning Educatio...
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