Urban Edge Stories by William Fulton

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

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

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

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

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

The truth is that when you lure a business to town, more likely than not you’re renting those jobs.

Just four metro areas saw 16 percent of the country's population growth since 2010. Despite a slowdown in 2017, Houston was one of them.

I’ve lived in both cities. I’ve devoted most of my professional career to understanding the two of them. And I'm conflicted about who to root for in the World Series.

Despite Houston's long-held reputation as a relatively inexpensive big city, today, the city's affordability gap is widening. Smart public policy can reverse that trend.

There's a push to tear them down. But they're one of the biggest things driving the urban renaissance.

The Kinder Institute has become a leading voice on some of the biggest issues facing Houston.

The Kinder Institute's new Urban Data Platform may be the most important, enduring effort we undertake this year.

The Institute isn't just producing reports and blog posts, Fulton says. It's having an impact.

The future of America belongs not to Washington but to cities across the country.

Houston’s pension reform plan -- and in particular, its risk-sharing provisions -- should be viewed by other cities as a national model.