Gaps in income, educational attainment, neighborhood services and other key metrics capture what often amount to gaps in opportunity.

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Repairing the urban fabric torn apart by highways in America

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Mapping inequity in Houston’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout

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Jie Wu

  • Director of Research Operations, Kinder Institute for Urban Research
  • Research Oversight Committee, Urban Data Platform
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