A5028325320- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Housing Market and Economics
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Race, History, and American Society
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Asian American and Pacific Histories
- School Choice and Performance
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Community Health and Development
Arizona State University
2016-2025
Scunthorpe General Hospital
2012
Charles University
2012
University of California, Los Angeles
2006-2012
Problem, research strategy, and findings: There is increasing interest in planning for healthy communities, but little known about how planners can affect mental health wellbeing neighborhoods, although much physical through neighborhood design. In this review essay, we draw lessons from a cross-disciplinary set of studies to reveal the built environment may one aspect residents' wellbeing: happiness. Providing residents access open, natural, green space directly increase their Incorporating...
Abstract Happiness is commonly thought of as an individual characteristic for which each person solely responsible. However, happiness also a community influenced by factors external to the individual. This article offers alternative sustainable development framework that focuses on improved opportunities happiness. Key components include visioning, public participation, profit inventory, and systems planning sustainability interventions. Lessons learned from applying this neighborhood in...
Urban science seeks to understand the fundamental processes that drive, shape and sustain cities urbanization. It is a multi/transdisciplinary approach involving concepts, methods research from social, natural, engineering computational sciences, along with humanities. This report intended convey current "state of art" in urban while also clearly indicating how builds upon complements (but does not replace) prior work on urbanization many other disciplines. The aim at fully comprehensive...
Problem, research strategy, and findings: Planners lack clarity about how they can promote the subjective wellbeing (SWB) of communities serve. In this we use descriptive econometric methods to explore interconnections between three aspects objective perceived neighborhood built environment (NBE)—walkability, transit, parks—and one aspect SWB—life satisfaction—drawing on a survey 496 people in Phoenix (AZ) region. Respondents who were more satisfied with quantity parks lived objectively...
Although a rich literature exists on the determinants and effects of concentrated foreclosures, little is known about what drives variation in how long real estate owned (REO) properties take to sell whom, particularly Latino communities heavily affected by current foreclosure crisis. This research employs multilevel event history modeling assess factors associated with recent REOs' likelihood sale, sale an investor, Spanish-surname household sample majority Southern California...
Abstract Racism has become more covert in post-civil rights America. Yet, measures to combat it are hindered by inadequate general knowledge on what “colorblind” race talk says and does makes effective. We deepen understanding of racism investigating one type discourse – racial code words, which (1) indirect signifiers or ethnic groups that contain (2) at least positive negative value judgment (3) contextually implied salient meanings. Through a thematic analysis 734 words from 97 scholarly...
During the recent United States foreclosure crisis, investors purchased and leased thousands of homes nationwide, opening up formerly owner-occupied neighborhoods to renters. Yet, little is known about how this process affected regional patterns residential segregation inequality. In study, we combine property-level data on real estate transactions subsidized housing vouchers from 2004 2014 assess whether conversion foreclosures rentals enabled low-income renters live in more advantaged...
The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to examine how varied environmental and social factors in urban environments affect human wellbeing, which is an important dimension of sustainability. Past research has focused on individual dimensions health isolated nature interactions, limiting knowledge about different distinct aspects residents’ wellbeing. Through quantitative analyses survey data metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona (USA), we explored recreation activities—along with...
African Americans increasingly are moving from inner cities and inner-ring suburbs to fast-growing exurbs on the urban fringe, trends that media reports attribute primarily their desire live affordably as homeowners in safer communities. Little empirical evidence exists support these claims, although research drivers of postwar black suburbanization a burgeoning exurban migration literature suggest desires for ownership housing space, escape inner-city poverty concentration, create "places...
A well-documented consequence of the recent foreclosure crisis was a pronounced dislocation in single-family home market. Large institutional buyers emerged to capitalize on this dislocation. These firms acquired hundreds thousands homes create pool rentals (SFRs) markets across United States. Existing analyses investors focus their aggregate characteristics and associated community effects, showing faster housing recovery places hard hit by but also increases evictions prices. Relatively...
What might be described as a double impasse characterizes debate on U.S. housing tenure with advocates fighting for rental or ownership one side and Third Way mixed-tenure solutions the other. Breaking this requires disengaging from conceptions of an idealized form instead advocating making virtually all tenures secure supported possible, so that diverse households are able to live in homes best fit their changing needs over life cycles. This essay (a) presents data variety United States;...
Evidence is growing that a large subset of U.S. Millennials prefers to live in walkable communities near amenities. Yet, we know relatively little about how developers are translating Millennial preferences into "sticks and bricks." This research helps fill the gap by exploring real estate cementing housing developments located downtown low-density metropolitan regions Phoenix Houston. Using data from Census, regional media, expert interviews, find perceive as needing authentic, flexible,...
Planners are encouraging suburban homeowners to build second units enable housing affordability, walkability, and aging in place. Yet, little is known about the viability of this approach for different types suburbs. Based on planner interviews zoning ordinance reviews Phoenix region, article constructs a typology identifying suburbs potentially amenable using as tool. Barriers that limit rezoning allow across include restrictive site requirements fear rental units. Arguments place may be...
Despite the increasing provision of social and financial services by community-based organizations (CBOs), few studies focus on roles that Asian American—serving CBOs play in helping their economically culturally diverse communities accumulate wealth. The authors explore this overlooked sector interviewing key informants 30 mostly American asset-building nationwide. Participating respond to needs primarily three ways: (a) adapting programs for underserved, (b) facilitating access mainstream,...
ABSTRACT:A wealth of data drawn from cities and their nearby suburbs show that, consistent with place stratification theory, African Americans live in poorer quality communities than similarly affluent members other racial groups. Yet, few have examined whether these trends are playing out the rapidly growing exurbs, places that emerged post-Civil Rights era. Through a case study American migration to Los Angeles's exurban Inland Empire, this article tests applicability theory by...
AbstractLittle is known about how investors purchasing foreclosures during the recent U.S. housing crisis are affecting neighborhood crime. While they may decrease crime by reducing vacancies or bettering conditions, increase it escalating turnover. Combining local police department data on calls for service with foreclosure, home sales, and sociodemographic data, this research uses longitudinal modeling to assess relation between of in neighborhoods Chandler, Arizona, a Phoenix suburb where...
Immigrant homeowners’ function within ethnic boundaries in the housing market may have helped or hindered them during recent U.S. Great Recession. This research explores this theme through interviews with immigrant and non-immigrant homeowners from four communities Los Angeles County non-profit organizations that tried to assist them. turned co-ethnics for advice support formed multigenerational households as a strategy achieve sustain homeownership. Language cultural barriers primed risky...
Downtown Phoenix and Houston are changing. They not dense, historic downtowns; instead, they reflect contemporary downtown growth in sprawling cities. Both cities have reimagined their downtowns, leveraging vacant land, new construction, infill projects. Through this process, developers shaping response to market demand. This research explores how two Sun Belt thinking about Millennials cementing preferences into rapidly changing downtowns. We triangulate data from the U.S. Census, regional...
Minority suburbanites in the US have historically lived more disadvantaged neighbourhoods than Whites. Yet, those suburbs that came of age after 1960s civil rights era may be experiencing equal outcomes. Using Census data and descriptive statistics, this research tests whether post-civil had greater racial equity neighbourhood poverty, college educated, homeownership rates relative to central cities older 88 regions from 2000 2012. Minorities typically experienced better equitable conditions...
The growth of single-family rentals (SFRs) in the wake US foreclosure crisis has recently begun attracting overdue scholarly attention. transformation millions homes from owner- to renter- occupied over past decade raises numerous important questions about vulnerabilities and opportunities created by this historic tenure shift for both households neighbourhoods. This research reports on demographics housing conditions renters characteristics trajectories high SFR neighbourhoods recent market...
External investment in neighborhoods can inhibit crime. However, during the housing crisis, many investors were foreclosed upon, triggering large-scale community disinvestment. Yet impact of this type disinvestment on crime is currently unknown. Combining data incidents with foreclosure, home sales, and sociodemographic data, research assesses whether foreclosure properties owned by has an effect Chandler, Arizona, a suburb heavily affected Phoenix region. Neighborhoods greater proportion...