Category: population
Poughkeepsie is One of the Top Cities in the US. . .
. . . if you’re a family with children looking to live in a midsize region. Creative Class guru Richard Florida‘s site “Who’s Your City?” has a series of “top city” lists for different demographic groups. Poughkeepsie is number three for midsize regions for families with children, right behind Bridgeport, CT and Worcester, MA. You [...]
Young Adults Fuel Inner City Growth In Cleveland
In what would have been a startling turn of events just a few years ago, this story of the continuing rise of inner cities comes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: When a new job brought Stacey Brown to Cleveland from San Francisco two months ago, she went looking for an apartment downtown. Her manager told [...]
Food Deserts? What Food Deserts?
The New York Times reports on two new studies that call into question the importance of so-called “food deserts” in the US: It has become an article of faith among some policy makers and advocates, including Michelle Obama, that poor urban neighborhoods are food deserts, bereft of fresh fruits and vegetables. But two new studies [...]
The Challenge Income Inequality Raises for Planners
Two recent New York Times articles help highlight how growing income inequality raises some interesting issues for urban planners. Most cities were built with extensive middle-income neighborhoods, and the thrust of most city planning efforts are to retain and strengthen those residential areas. But a recent Stanford University study reinforces the idea that we are [...]
The Mathematics of Sustainable Cities
In his 2011 TED talk, physicist Geoffrey West discusses his efforts to create a quantitative approach to understanding and managing cities. A bit mind-bending, but well worth spending the 17 minutes to hear him out.
Interesting Summary of Census Results
USA Today has a page with interactive graphs, etc. that highlight important national and state-level demographic trends through a series of charts and interactive media. Check it out here. A sample: this video describes some of the frustrations felt by the nation’s rapidly increasing Hispanic population.
