Urban and Regional Studies

Urban Gardens.

Urban and Regional Studies focuses on a wide variety of economic and social problems related to transportation, land use, urban environment, housing, work and welfare, and population changes and migration within a geographical context.

This figure shows a simple relationship between the average wages and immigrant diversity (birthplace fractionalization) in US metropolitan areas. This intriguing positive correlation is the starting point for a set of articles I have recently published with Tom Kemeny (Queen Mary University of London) that rigorously tests this relationship. Abigail Cooke, PhD

Download jpg(45 KB) This figure shows a simple relationship between the average wages and immigrant diversity (birthplace fractionalization) in US metropolitan areas. This intriguing positive correlation is the starting point for a set of articles I have recently published with Tom Kemeny (Queen Mary University of London) that rigorously tests this relationship. Abigail Cooke, PhD

The closed-loop aquaponics system pictured was developed by the Massachusetts Avenue Project (www.mass-ave.org), a non-profit organization that engages youth in urban agriculture. Prof. Metcalf partnered with the Massachusetts Avenue Project as part of a Civic Engagement and Public Policy Research Fellowship. Sara Metcalf, PhD

Download jpg(685 KB) The closed-loop aquaponics system pictured was developed by the Massachusetts Avenue Project (www.mass-ave.org), a non-profit organization that engages youth in urban agriculture. Prof. Metcalf partnered with the Massachusetts Avenue Project as part of a Civic Engagement and Public Policy Research Fellowship. Sara Metcalf, PhD

New book on social justice and urban sustainability Trina Hamilton, PhD

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The antagonisms of surveillance: Information technologies, control, and contestation in contemporary policing Nicholas Lustig, PhD

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Dengue virus transmission intensity in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand Jared Aldstadt, PhD

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This figure shows a simple relationship between the average wages and immigrant diversity (birthplace fractionalization) in US metropolitan areas. This intriguing positive correlation is the starting point for a set of articles I have recently published with Tom Kemeny (Queen Mary University of London) that rigorously tests this relationship. Abigail Cooke, PhD
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