The downsides of density, including traffic congestion, contagious disease and crime, were common in Victorian London and classical Rome,…
Benefits of legislation meant to help all veterans were routinely denied to Black veterans.
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Justin de Benedictis-Kessner hits the road with an inaugural field lab in urban politics.
Do urban children live more segregated lives than urban adults? Using cellphone location data and following the ‘experienced isolation’…
Will COVID-19 end the urban renaissance that many cities have experienced since the 1980s? This essay selectively reviews the copious…
How effective are restrictions on mobility in limiting COVID-19 spread? Using zip code data across five U.S. cities, we estimate that total…
Disease is an old companion to urban life. The golden age of Periclean Athens was arguably ended by the plague that struck that polis in…
Sustainably built and funded infrastructure is indispensable to resilient, equitable, and livable communities and regions worldwide. In…
Modern cities face many new challenges as a result of the ‘digital age’, in particular the uncertain promise of high urban benefits from…
To move forward on any of the challenges confronting Boston, we have to think about how we are — physically — getting there. Climate change…