Dejan Eskic (MRD ’14) research shows high-density apartments don’t harm existing property values
A recurring complaint from residents opposed to new apartments in their neighborhoods of single-family homes is that high-density housing brings down property values. The opposite appears to be true. Homes in Salt Lake County located within a half-mile of a newly constructed apartment building rose by 10% in median value per year between 2010 and... Continue reading→
Prof. Reid Ewing publishes with current and former Ph.D. students in JAPA
Guidelines for a Polycentric Region to Reduce Vehicle Use and Increase Walking and Transit Use ABSTRACT Problem, research strategy, and findings: The monocentric development pattern in the Alonso–Mills–Muth model underpinned theoretical discussions of urban form in the 1960s and 1970s and truly dominated theory up to the point when Joel Garreau published Edge City: Life on... Continue reading→
Prof. Stacy Harwood publishes on displacement in a gentrifying Chicago neighborhood
Making Homes Unhomely: The Politics of Displacement in a Gentrifying Neighborhood in Chicago ABSTRACT Scholars have long debated the causes, processes, and effects of displacement by gentrification in global north cities and more recently around the world. Based on an ethnographic study in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, this article shows how limited liability corporations use... Continue reading→
Prof. Danya Rumore reflects on Utah’s Public Lands Workshop
Public policy challenges have a tendency to be somewhat overwhelming. People often don’t agree about the nature of the problem or what, if anything, should be done to address it. Even where there is agreement that there is a problem and it should be addressed, often public policy challenges—such as what to do about traffic... Continue reading→
Prof. Alessandro Rigolon Publishes “Beyond proximity: Extending the “greening hypothesis” in the context of vacant lot stewardship”
ABSTRACT Research increasingly shows that greening activity can spur contagious or imitative behavior among nearby neighbors within residential landscapes. Krusky et al. (2015) examined this phenomenon in the context of vacant lots and found support for a “greening hypothesis” that residential yards near vacant lots that were converted to community gardens exhibited higher levels of... Continue reading→
Prof. Ivis Garcia Publishes “Repurposing a historic school building as a teacher’s village”
ABSTRACT The redevelopment of urban school buildings of historical value has the potential to contribute to the needs of current residents. Using a case study from Chicago, IL—where more than 50 schools in primarily minority and low- and moderate-income neighborhoods were closed in 2013—this article shows how a community group “Community As A Campus?” (CAAC)... Continue reading→
Community Engagement Students Produce Report for Road Home
Students in the Community Engagement in Planning course, taught by Prof. Ivis Garcia, presented to Road Home staff about the Rapid Rehousing program. ABSTRACT The Road Home (TRH) is an organization providing services to homeless individuals and families in the Salt Lake City area. TRH is perhaps best known for their emergency shelters, but the... Continue reading→
“We are beings of day and night”
Interested in how light pollution is impacting Utah’s dark skies? Read here to find out what Instructor Vellachi Ganesan had to say to the Daily Herald about this problem.
Ph.D. student Sadegh Sabouri publishes two articles about ridesharing and the built environment
Ride-sourcing services are getting more popular each year, and their markets are growing. Much has been speculated, but not much has been tested regarding the impacts of ride-sourcing services on the transportation system. In this study, we examine the relationship between ride-sourcing services and vehicle ownership of households, by using the most up-to-date (2017) national... Continue reading→
Prof. Reid Ewing wins the UDOT Trailblazer Award
The UTRAC Trailblazer award is given each year to a researcher, UDOT employee, contractor, or other professional who has made outstanding contributions or achievements in transportation research in Utah. In the early UTRAC workshops, Utah State University (USU) professors initiated the Trailblazer award. Later, the Trailblazer award became the responsibility of UDOT and was managed... Continue reading→