Initiative on Cities
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/8522
The Initiative on Cities engages with urban leaders, academics, and policy makers from around the world to help plan for the development of essential services and sustainable infrastructure that will be required to help cities flourish over the coming decades.
More on the Initiative can be found on its website.
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Initiative on Cities - Research Reports [27]
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Initiative on Cities - White Paper Series [4]
Original publications and case studies examining the leadership and policy tools used to help cities adapt and affect positive change.
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2022 Menino Survey of Mayors: economic opportunity, poverty & well-being
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2023-04-04)The 2022 Menino Survey of Mayors represents the ninth nationally representative survey of American mayors and is based on interviews with 118 sitting mayors from 38 states. The 2022 Survey explores mayoral views on climate ... -
2022 Menino Survey of Mayors: mayors and the climate crisis
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2023-01-17)The 2022 Menino Survey of Mayors represents the ninth nationally representative survey of American mayors and is based on interviews with 118 sitting mayors from 38 states. The 2022 Survey explores mayoral views on climate ... -
Cities, zoning, and the fragmented response to homelessness
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, Community Solutions, and Cornell University, 2023-01-18)America’s cities are facing a pressing homelessness crisis, with insufficient affordable housing as the chief cause. Local governments are critical policy partners in addressing and ending homelessness through their control ... -
On the use of ‘cool roofs’ to reduce residential heat exposure disparities in Boston, MA
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2022-11-08)A “cool roofs” program targeted to the hottest, most vulnerable neighborhoods in Boston has the potential to significantly reduce urban heat islands and heat exposure disparities. Boston’s hottest neighborhoods have the ... -
School closures significantly reduced arrests of Black and Latinx urban youth
(2022-10)Police arrests are common events for youth of color, contributing to increased risk of arrest in adulthood and population health inequities. Although schools are important sites for youth criminalization, research focuses ... -
Gaps and opportunities: supporting Boston’s BIPOC small businesses
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2022-07-20)This report captures small business service providers’ views on the most salient challenges confronting Boston’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) small business owners and entrepreneurs, and their priorities ... -
Public Interest Technology University Network: understanding the state of the field
(2022-05-31)The still nascent field of public interest technology is growing at a rapid clip in higher education. This report sheds light on the priorities of Public Interest Technology University Network (PIT-UN) members, and ... -
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Closing the racial wealth gap
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2022-03-22)The 2021 Menino Survey of Mayors represents the eighth nationally representative survey of American mayors and is based on interviews with 126 sitting mayors from 39 states. The 2021 Survey explores mayoral views on COVID-19 ... -
Workforce development for vulnerable youth: lessons from two national studies
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2022-03-30)Young people who are neither in school nor working have been termed ‘disconnected’ or more optimistically ‘opportunity’ youth (Burds-Sharps & Lewis, 2018). The challenges for these youth are well known. If youth are not ... -
2021 Menino Survey of Mayors: Mayors and America's homelessness crisis
(Boston University Initiative on Cities, 2022-01-18)The 2021 Menino Survey of Mayors represents the eighth nationally representative survey of American mayors and is based on interviews with 126 sitting mayors from 39 states. The 2021 Survey explores mayoral views on COVID-19 ...
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