Insights

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.

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.

Four Myths About Katrina’s Impact On Houston

10 years later, survey data reveal trends that add depth to the story of the devastating storm and its aftermath.

No, Katrina Evacuees Didn’t Cause a Houston Crime Wave

Lawmakers, police and everyday Houstonians said the city became more dangerous thanks New Orleans evacuees. Statistically, that’s not true.

Meeting Them Mattered: The Relationship Between Personal Interaction and Opinions of Katrina Evacuees

Some Houston residents grew frustrated with Katrina evacuees. But those who actually met them had a different outlook.

Research Over Coffee: What New Orleans Schools Learned After Katrina

The dramatic overhaul of its school system provides a unique experiment on school reform.

Transportation Pods, a Concrete River, and the Swimming Pool Legacy: Urban Insights From Around the Web

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

American Political Participation is Down (Except Among Black People)

The bigger question is whether their momentum carries over into 2016.

Watts at 50; Rising Rent; and the Tiff About Toilets: Urban Insights From Around the Web

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

What A Poll Of Mayors Reveals About The Uneven Economic Recovery

Businesses are expanding and property values are rising. But demand for food, shelter, and affordable housing is increasing too. What does that disconnect mean for American cities?

Research Over Coffee: How Trump’s Racist Remarks Fit a Pattern of GOP Rhetoric on Immigrants

The GOP front-runner’s attacks on Latinos are in line with the party’s ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric, study finds