Anticipating and Evaluating the Impacts of Changes to Highway Networks and their Operations Prof. Kara Kockelman, Professor of Transportation Engineering, University of Texas, AustinAbstract Transportation investments are nearing $1,000 per […]
Orientation for incoming and continuing students in master's and Ph.D. programs.Come learn about oppurtunities for you to enhance your studies through support for your research!
Orientation is for incoming and continuing students in master's and Ph.D. programs. Come learn about opportunities for you to enhance your studies through support for your research! For more information on the Luskin Center for Innovation please see the attached fact sheet.
Thoughtful people look to cities for evidence that progress is being made in the fight to avert climate change. The “sustainable cities” movement is thriving all across the world, and […]
Teddy Cruz obtained a Master in Design Studies at Harvard University in 1997 and established his research-based architecture practice in San Diego, California in 2000. He has been recognized internationally for his urban research of the Tijuana-San Diego border. Cruz has been recognized in collaboration with community-based nonprofit organizations such as Casa Familiar for its work […]
Margaret Crawford teaches courses in the history and theory of architecture, urbanism, and urban history as well as urban design and planning studios focusing on small-scale urbanity and postmodern urbanism.Her research focuses on the evolution, uses, and meanings of urban space. Her book, Building the Workingman's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns, examines the rise and […]
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California. Her primary research has focused on gender and migration, informal sector work, and religion and the immigrant rights social movement. Most of these studies focus on Mexican and Central American immigrant communities, but she has also researched Muslim American […]
Professor Valenzuela holds a joint appointment in the Department of Chicana/o Studies and Urban Planning. His research is primarily concerned with the issues faced by minorities and immigrants in the U.S. His work focuses on three key areas, which are interrelated: 1) immigration and labor markets, 2) poverty and inequality, and 3) immigrant settlement patterns […]
UCLA Ziman Center & UCLA Lewis Center Forum 2012 California's redevelopment agencies (RDAs) have long relied on tax increment financing to improve communities and neighborhoods. Governor Jerry Brown's efforts to […]
Drawing from architecture, human geography, and urban planning, Michael Rios’ research focuses on the intersection between marginality, urbanism and public space. A theme emerging from this work is “placemaking” as […]
