Urban Edge

Stories, perspectives and insights from the Kinder Institute

Flood Response; A New Type of Bikeshare and PBR Apartments: Urban Insights From Around The Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

Shanghai’s Lessons On Urban Safety

Research says migrants aren’t to blame for problems facing Chinese cities.

As Cities Faces Climate Change, Competing Models For Flood Warnings Emerge

Experts say existing systems often don’t provide enough detailed information to be useful during emergencies.

How Your Career May Influence Your Thoughts On Immigration

It’s all related to the competitiveness of your occupation.

How Can We Improve Rice Village? Here Are Four Options

The Houston dining and retail destination is sorely in need of an upgrade. A few steps would go a long way.

You wouldn’t know it, but Rice Village has plenty of parking

Houstonians knows the stress of driving through the shopping district. We think there’s a better way to fix its parking crunch.

What Americans Want to Do With Undocumented Workers

No matter how you slice it, surveys show preference for a path to citizenship.

A New World’s Fair, the Millennial Mayor, and the “Egg Map”: Urban Insights From Around The Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

Why It Was Harder For Black People To Return To New Orleans

After Hurricane Katrina, recovery efforts were targeted toward rebuilding property, not communities, expert says.

How Houston Leaders Prepared the Astrodome For 60,000 Evacuees

Robert Eckels, Harris County’s top official during Hurricane Katrina, gives an inside account of the massive disaster response.