neighborhoods
Police Are Most Likely to Use Deadly Force in Poorer, More Highly Segregated Neighborhoods
Researchers say knowing where fatal police interactions occur can help community leaders target programs aimed at reducing those deaths.
New Neighbors, New Noise Complaints
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.
How Increasingly Diverse Neighborhoods Affect White Anxiety
New research shows what happens in the minds of white Americans when they see demographic change—the results were mixed.
Won't You Be My Climate-Conscious Neighbor?
New research suggests social comparison can be an effective way to reduce energy consumption.
'White Flight' Remains a Reality
New research finds many white suburbanites are motivated to move when their neighborhood becomes more ethnically diverse.
Mental Maps and the Neuroscience of Neighborhood Blight
Getting a better sense of how people visualize their neighborhoods could be the first step toward improving them.
Start Sending Parolees to New Neighborhoods
They'll stay out of trouble longer, a new study suggests.
How an After-School Program Fought Crime
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?
The Geography of Housing Affordability in Texas
Housing affordability is highly variant from city to city, neighborhood to neighborhood. Don't buy the hype about the Lone Star state.
The Ongoing Mental Health Benefits of Neighborhood Diversity
Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.
Superstar Neighborhoods and the Concentration of Wealth
The geography of income inequality is all about demand.
Giving Up on Urban Neighborhoods
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.
Explaining Gentrification: We're Too Focused on the Real Estate Market
There are more factors at play than just those related to the real estate market.
Connecting Neighborhoods: Small Geographic Scales of Globalization
The financial crisis turned the world upside down.
Wealthier Neighborhoods Breed Materialistic Residents
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.
It Takes a Neighborhood to Raise an Articulate Child
Mr. Rogers was right: Neighborhoods play an important role in a child's development.