Using zoning laws to shape the type of development and activity that occur in a neighborhood may be one way to reduce crime in urban areas, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2013
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A large proportion of the people in England and Wales who were born abroad speak English and feel British, according to new analysis of data from the 2011 Census .
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2013
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With 2.2 million units created, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is the largest federal program for the creation and renovation of affordable housing. But while public funding for private housing can serve ...
Economics & Business
Jan 4, 2013
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Uncertainty about how much the climate is changing is not a reason to delay preparing for the harmful impacts of climate change says Professor Jim Hall of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford and ...
Environment
Nov 27, 2012
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Parents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and his team, from East Carolina University in the US. Their work highlights that parents who argue about ...
Economics & Business
Oct 18, 2012
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U.S. energy policy should simultaneously pursue security of its energy supply, economic stability and reduced environmental impacts, says a national poll of energy professionals jointly prepared by Sandia National Laboratories ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 12, 2012
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With China the largest growing economy in the world, scientists and policymakers alike are keenly interested in the country's increasing use of biomass – instead of polluting and climate-harming fossil fuels – for ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 3, 2012
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In a new paper, published today in Science, Sinan Aral, NYU Stern Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, and his co-author Dylan Walker, a research scientist at Stern, present a new method ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 21, 2012
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Lake Mead, on the Colorado River, is the largest reservoir in the United States, but users are consuming more water than flows down the river in an average year, which threatens the water supply for agriculture and households. ...
Environment
May 17, 2012
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Policymakers who try to boost the economy by creating a more favourable environment for entrepreneurs “can’t have their cake and eat it”, a new study has warned.
Economics & Business
Apr 18, 2012
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