Lack of affordable rent plagues cities across the United States
USC researchers have developed a new method of calculating affordability that spotlights the growing disparity between rents and wages, one that affects renters at all income levels.
USC students devise creative ways to revitalize New Orleans
Trojans propose turning an abandoned building into a hotel, among other economic developments that could help generate $6.1 million over five years.
How do you design a more walkable Hollywood Boulevard?
Trojans develop designs for two potential closures and lay out a transportation plan to support the concept.
Teens tout East L.A. transit and the region’s rich history
Renaissance Academy students also get urban planning lessons from Trojans drawn to community engagement and youth empowerment.
Milton Curry Looks to Architecture for Answers to Societal Challenges
For solutions to inequality, marginalization and divisiveness, one of USC’s newest deans wants to tap an unexpected resource: architecture.
Cultural treasures in your own neighborhood? They’re all over L.A.
USC Price students use their camera skills to create media featuring everything from mariachi music to street vendors.
How focus on diversity is helping urban planners build better communities
People with the right voices and backgrounds are needed more than ever in the planning profession, USC professor says.
Below USC Village, the Land Tells Two Centuries of L.A. History
The site of USC Village has come a long way from scrubby underbrush to home of USC’s largest residential complex.
With the click of a camera, USC professor tracks New York City’s transit development
Photos go to the USC Libraries’ Digital Library, where they will help other researchers analyze neighborhoods near subway stations.
High school students present their visions for a better East L.A.
Teens propose ways to boost public safety and build local pride in their neighborhood at USC Price urban planning event.
Who’s on the move? How mobility may affect future transit use
Gary Painter of USC Price hopes transportation planners pay attention to what the U.S. population looks like.
Trojans Dedicated to Public Service Work to Improve Life in Los Angeles
USC alumni are woven throughout the fabric of Southern California civic life.
USC Professor Gamifies Urban Planning with Award-Winning Video Game
A city without waste? In this electronic game, it’s ecology and urban planning for the win.
Landscape architects see Los Angeles as living lab in combatting climate change
The city’s climate, ecological issues and urban growth are a microcosm of the challenges facing the world, USC expert says.
East L.A. urban planning students show pride in their neighborhood
Students discuss local landmarks and explain why they’re important to the community as part of a first-time partnership with USC Price.
From downtown dweller to suburbanite: The millennial migration begins
The country’s biggest generation is beginning its long expected move up and out of entry positions in housing and jobs, USC expert says.
Amid NFL stadium development, Inglewood mayor discusses city’s future
USC Price faculty member focused his graduate-level course in community planning on Inglewood even before the NFL decision had been made.
After 50 years as USC’s man of many hats, Alan Kreditor will retire
Over five decades, the administrator and professor has taught, raised millions and made USC Price his beloved home.
The next approach to urban policy and practice across the U.S.
Taking lessons learned from Detroit, USC Price looks into problem-solving on a path to retrenchment and austerity
Children Identify the Perils of Walking to School
An award-winning paper authored at USC Price reveals that students favor busy streets over low-key locations.
L.A.’s Roads Scholars
As Los Angeles builds public transit, USC’s policy and engineering minds predict how the city will commute.
USC Price grad students help high schoolers ‘plan’ for college, careers
Urban planning is a field that affects everyone — whether young people realize it or not.
Villaraigosa convenes experts to debate California Environmental Quality Act
Former mayor seeks ‘intelligent conversation’ about the oft-discussed topic.
USC Price student drives urbanism nonprofit aimed at city dwellers
The group harnesses the talents of young people educated in civil engineering and urban planning.