Urban Edge

Affected or not by Hurricane Harvey, Houston area residents want action on flooding, but regional approaches are still lacking.

Survey results show increasingly positive views toward Muslims in the Houston area, but it's still less than half of respondents who feel that way.

Surveys offer insights into how experiences within one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the country vary depending on background.

And support for pre-K funding was particularly high, according to the latest survey.

More than half of Harris County residents said the area's air pollution control was fair or poor.

This week, a breakdown of the myths behind many of the common explanations and proceed fixes for the black-white wealth gap, a plea for less pollution and more.

Help the Kinder Institute research pedestrian and bicyclist concerns in Gulfton for an upcoming report.

Half of the state's recent growth was thanks to natural increase.

With $10 million from one county precinct and an additional $5.5 million over five years from the city, the promise marks a step forward for the recent bike plan.

This week, a look at the latest responses to the new study on Texas maternal mortality rates, a deep dive into growth in the Houston area and Houston as a model for Cleveland.

With a major renovation in the works, Houston's new innovation district should seek to have these characteristics.

Texas Tribune | National exam results show Texas and the nation stagnating in academic achievement for elementary and middle school students. Experts have different takes on what state education officials should do to fix it.

The Houston metro area has lost some of its population growth edge, but most of the decline is coming from its urban core.

A new Houston Education Research Consortium report tracks student outcomes.

This week, a look at the Great Places of Texas, new estimates of houses sitting vacant in San Diego, zoning fights in Los Angeles and Houston's new development regulations.

Engineering, green infrastructure and land protections must all be part of the flooding solution.

A new report provides an exhaustive look at potential flood fixes and how to understand each.

Growth wars, parking fights and more. What two years as mayor of a coastal California town taught the Kinder Institute's current director.

This week, Southern city planning, Census questions, national trends in income inequality and more.

Coming to the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, who knew that my experience in Ventura would translate so well to Houston?