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in Urban Issues/by Charles BlainThe Center for Opportunity Urbanism has partnered with fellow nonprofit, Urban Reform, and, going forward, will operate under the name Urban Reform Institute (URI).
The Lifeblood of America
in Economics, Small Cities, Suburbs/by Aaron M. Rennby Aaron M. Renn — Shutdowns mandated by the coronavirus are a pending apocalypse for small businesses, which employ 48 percent of American workers. Businesses that either can’t reopen or are suffering a big drop in revenue will soon be insolvent. Some have already announced that they will be shutting down.
Working-Class People Hold Society Together: Class and COVID-19
in Demographics, Economics, Urban Issues/by Sarah Attfieldby Sarah Attfield — Working-class people are more likely to suffer as a result of both the coronavirus and the measures put in place to contain its spread.
The Coronavirus is Changing the Future of Home, Work, and Life
in Economics, Politics & Policy, Small Cities, Suburbs, Urban Issues/by Joel KotkinThe COVID-19 pandemic will be shaping how we live, work and learn about the world long after the last lockdown ends and toilet paper hoarding is done, accelerating shifts that were already underway including the dispersion of population out of the nation’s densest urban areas and the long-standing trend away from mass transit and office concentration towards flatter and often home-based employment.
COVID-19: A Call to Connect
in Economics, Politics & Policy, Urban Issues/by Charlie Stephensby Charlie Stephens — With COVID-19 we are going through something practically no living soul has ever experienced. It may be forging new realities, and could place us at the edge of a big change —politically, economically, culturally, and spiritually. What this will look like nobody really knows…
Early Observations on the Pandemic and Population Density
in Demographics/by Wendell Coxby Wendell Cox — It is still too early to draw precise conclusions on the extent to which the spread of the COVID-19 is related to urban population density. But there are important recurring themes.
Houston is ‘Chaotic Good’ and #2 in Population and Corporate Growth
in Demographics, Urban Issues/by Tory GattisA fun item to end the week with: Nolan Gray’s alignment chart for cities, with Houston perfectly positioned at Chaotic Good due to our lack of zoning.
After Coronavirus We Need to Rethink Densely Populated Cities
in Demographics, Economics, Housing, Urban Issues/by Joel Kotkinby Joel Kotkin — For the better part of this millennium, the nation’s urban planning punditry has predicted that the future lay with its densest, largest, and most cosmopolitan cities.
Coronavirus and Cities
in Urban Issues/by Schlomo Angelby Schlomo Angel — We have drafted a working paper, titled “The Coronavirus and the Cities: Explaining Variations in U.S. Metropolitan Areas as of 27 March 2020”. We plan to revise the paper regularly as new data comes in.
Coronavirus, Labor and an Aging World
in Demographics, Economics/by Ali Modarresby Ali Modarres — In the last few months, we have gradually realized the dire nature of this global pandemic, and our response has been? Nothing short of the creation of a new world: hopefully not on the ruins of the last. The novel coronavirus is showing us the downside of accelerated mobility, excessive attention to short-term gains, and structural inequities.