Population Density and Political-Party Preference Appear To Be Linked
The chart, created by Conor Sen using the Cook Partisan Voting Index and census data, confirms what other analysts have already observed. That is: not only do the two ends of the density spectrum...
View Article"Car-Free" Families on the Rise
This essay is one of many that Maynard, a Forbes contributor, has written for her journalism project, Curbing Cars. Access to autos is just oPublication Date: Tue, 10/08/2013
View ArticleSo Much for the Environmental Benefits of Urban Density
"People in the densely populated cores of big cities are responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions, but the more carbon-intensive lifestyle of their far-flung suburbs cancels out any of the...
View ArticleThe "College-Dense and Car-Light" Theory
"The members of the The Atlantic Business Channel (where Derek Thompson works as a senior editor) all live in New York City.Publication Date: Wed, 01/22/2014
View ArticleResearchers Link Density, Destinations to Active Transportation Habits
The researchers looked at four factors—street connectivity, population density, residential density, and the number of nearby non-residential destinations—in relationship to Toronto residents’ walking...
View ArticleFriday Eye Candy: Mapping the Least Dense Places in the U.S.
"I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for those maps that show the crazy geographic concentration of things like wealth and population," begins a recent post.Publication Date: Wed, 01/20/2016
View ArticleThe Next Economic Frontier: Cities
Noah Smith, an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook UniversityPublication Date: Tue, 05/03/2016
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Population Decline in the Latest Census Estimates
The U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates on March 23.Publication Date: Thu, 03/23/2017
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As Canadian Cities Grow, Survey Finds Happiest Canadians are in Smaller...
The happiest 20 percent of Canadians lived in areas that were on average eight times less dense than the 20 percent of Canadians who were the least happy, according to a study from Vancouver School of...
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Facebook AI Maps Population Density
James Vincent reports on Facebook's project to map the world's population density using artificial intelligence (AI), which the social media company launched in 2016.Publication Date: Tue, 04/09/2019
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What Do Cities With Fewer Cars Have in Common?
Henry Grabar writes about trends in car ownership rates and the relationship to the income levels and population density of cities. He asked Issi Romem of Trulia to analyze data for metropolitan areas...
View ArticleContrasting the Coronavirus Impact in the Bay Area to New York City
"Is social distancing working?" asks Mary Louise Kelly, co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, in the introduction tPublication Date: Wed, 04/01/2020
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Will the Coronavirus Spare Rural America?
Though relatively few counties in the nation appear to have been spared from infection by the coronavirus, a quick look at the counties in the eight states where no "stay-aPublication Date: Wed,...
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Los Angeles Mayor Blames COVID Outbreak on Density
Margaret Brennan, the moderator of "Face the Nation, a CBS Sunday news show, began her 6-minute interview (source article with transcript and video) Publication Date: Sun, 01/03/2021
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