Health

The Connection Between Urban Planning and Your Health

Did your new year's resolutions include health-related goals? Your city's design might have something to say about that.

Urban Review: Toxic Air Bases, Housing Finance Issues to Watch and Investing in Urban Forests

This week, a legacy of contamination from air bases across the country, the housing finance issues experts will be watching in 2019, why trees are more than just pretty and more.

Urban Edge's Favorite 2018 Books

There was no shortage of texts tackling some of the biggest urban challenges: inequality, disaster recovery, walkability and more. Here are a few worth adding to your bookshelves.

Urban Review: Costly Commutes, New Apple Hub and Texas' Uninsured

In this weeks roundup, Houston's commute costs near the top nationally, Apple announces plans for Austin hub, a look at who is uninsured in 2018 and a failed promise of prison reform.

Urban Review: The Power of Porches, Subsidized Healthcare and a 100-Day Agenda for Harris County

This week, new research on the link between access to subsidized health care and falling behind on rent or mortgage payments, a poetic look at the power of porches, possible priorities for Harris County's new leadership and more.

Households with People with Disabilities Experience More Residential Disadvantage

New study and data provide insight into compounding challenges in Harris County and across the country.

How To Support Kids in Houston and Texas

The latest State of Texas Children report from the Center for Public Policy Priorities underscores the need for a complete Census count and includes recommendations on school finance, health care and more.

Conference Sheds Light on How Harvey-Affected Children Can Tackle Trauma

Following Hurricane Harvey, the focus of childhood trauma was heightened but are there lasting impacts being missed?

It’s Time to Fix Houston's Dangerous Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure

Several important planning efforts are underway, but we need results now.

People With Disabilities Are Pushing for More Inclusive Rescue and Recovery Programs In Harvey's Wake

Much of the attention around the storm’s anniversary will focus on megaprojects, but, efforts to create equitable human recovery, especially for the most vulnerable, cannot be lost in the shuffle.

In Houston, the Promise and the Challenge of Urban Farming

On less than one acre of land, a Second Ward farm has flourished but it faces an uncertain future.

Urban Review: Parks versus People, Prenatal Care in Texas and School to Prison Research

This week's roundup covers a new analysis of maternal risk factors across Texas, asks whether big park projects and the communities around them can get along, looks at law enforcement referrals in schools after high-profile shootings and even a Drake reference.

Q+A: Why The Harvey Health and Housing Registry Needs You

An innovative study tracking the effects of Hurricane Harvey looks for input from Houston-area residents, whether they were directly affected by the storm or not.

How City Demographics Affect Parks

A study of city ParkScores reveals inequities tied to a city's racial and ethnic composition and other factors.

Map: Basketball Hoops Per Capita, City by City

Among the metrics in the latest ParkScore rankings, basketball hoops per 10,000 residents.