neighborhoods

Researchers say knowing where fatal police interactions occur can help community leaders target programs aimed at reducing those deaths.

A team of researchers mapped the per capita 311 calls for nuisance complaints within gentrifying neighborhoods to find out how the influx of new residents affects racially charged calls to the police.

New research shows what happens in the minds of white Americans when they see demographic change—the results were mixed.

New research suggests social comparison can be an effective way to reduce energy consumption.

New research finds many white suburbanites are motivated to move when their neighborhood becomes more ethnically diverse.

Getting a better sense of how people visualize their neighborhoods could be the first step toward improving them.

They'll stay out of trouble longer, a new study suggests.

A police force and an after-school program in Costa Mesa, California, worked together to make a neighborhood safer and send kids to college. What can we learn from their success?

Housing affordability is highly variant from city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood. Don't buy the hype about the Lone Star state.

Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.

The geography of income inequality is all about demand.

Many of the efforts made to resuscitate dying cities aren't concerned with dying neighborhoods. Sometimes it's easier to just amputate the limbs to save the body.

There are more factors at play than just those related to the real estate market.

The financial crisis turned the world upside down.

New research finds residents of well-to-do neighborhoods—especially those who are younger and relatively poorer—tend to spend compulsively and manage their money unwisely.

Mr. Rogers was right: Neighborhoods play an important role in a child's development.