Urban Edge

Stories, perspectives and insights from the Kinder Institute

Is Houston Ready to Embrace the Changes Needed to Prevent Future Flooding?

A variety of Harvey-related questions from this year’s survey indicate that Houstonians are surprisingly open to government interventions that are explicitly designed to increase flood resilience.

Generational Differences among African Americans in Their Perceptions of Economic Opportunity

Why do more African-American Millennials than those in the earlier generations believe that blacks have the same opportunities as whites?

The Intensity of Abortion Attitudes and Voting Behavior in Houston

Polling may portend a gradual decline in the numbers of intensely religious anti-choice voters in the years ahead.

Toward a More Tolerant and Denser Houston

Survey results suggest attitudes about density are connected to attitudes about diversity, hinting at the Houston's future.

Urban Review: Texas Highways Forever, A Digital Humanities Response to Family Separation and More

In this week's roundup: basic universal income, mapping ICE, the future of bus driving and why Texas keeps building highways.

Houston's Housing Recovery Plan Moves Forward

But it won't be enough.

Four Steps To Make Houston Housing More Resilient

With funding flowing to the region for recovery, how can Houston create a more resilient city amid a housing shortage?

City of Houston Looks to Expand Homebuyer Assistance

Though the level of subsidies a qualified homebuyer receives has decreased in recent years, the city hopes to turn that around to stem a housing affordability crisis.

How City Demographics Affect Parks

A study of city ParkScores reveals inequities tied to a city's racial and ethnic composition and other factors.

Urban Review: New Black Cities, Prop. 13 40 Years On and Texas' Migrant Child Detention Facilities

This week, a look at newly formed majority-black cities and some of the challenges they face, the legacy of Prop. 13 according to California residents and a map documenting the migrant children being held across Texas.