If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. The company's Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon spacecrafts are the current go-to vehicles to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station.
U.S. productivity soared in the second half of the 20th century, creating benefits for consumers in the form of lower prices across a wide range of goods. But one critical sector proved a glaring exception: housing.
One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality is sharply on the rise.
Socio-economic disparities are often reflected in, and exacerbated by, inequities in access to transportation, green spaces, local services and general community safety. To address these issues, the CoLLaboratoire for Activating ...
The wildfires raging across Los Angeles are setting the scene for a real estate nightmare.
Property prices around the world are rising faster than inflation for the third consecutive quarter according to a new International Housing Observatory report, suggesting pressures are mounting within the global housing ...
During the summer of 2020, as highlighted by geographers Aurélie Delage and Max Rousseau, media across many European countries widely reported the idea that the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered a massive urban exodus.
Before COVID-19, major U.S. urban centers were enjoying a resurgence. Now decreased occupancy has downtown economies and municipal budgets feeling the pinch. Wharton faculty research suggests that how cities navigate the ...
The ongoing wildfires in L.A. are among the most destructive and terrifying disasters to ever hit the city. As of the time of publication, five people have died, 27,000 acres have burned and at least 130,000 people are under ...
Flying south through smoky skies down the famous Malibu coast, at first the burnt-out mansions are the exception—solitary wrecks, smoldering away between rows of intact, gleaming beachfront villas.
