Urban Planning

Urban Review: Robot Work, Documenting Detention Centers and World Cup

This week, World Cup kicks off, experts ponder a future of robot work and a new report looks at detention centers across Texas and what happens to the people held inside them.

In Dense Gulfton, Walkability, Safety Improvements Needed

Walking the streets of Houston's densest neighborhood reveals a lack of adequate infrastructure and serious safety hazards.

Urban Review: School Safety, New Urbanism and Racial Change in Suburban Atlanta and Hurricane Season

This week, the Texas governor's 40-point response to school shooting, a study of racial change in suburban Atlanta, prepping for hurricane season and more.

Map: Basketball Hoops Per Capita, City by City

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

Interactive: How Houston's Highways Spurred Growth, Sprawl

A new interactive report shows Houston-area development from 1950s onward.