Each year, USC Price students work with local organizations on persistent issues that plague urban neighborhoods — and due to COVID-19, those issues have escalated dramatically.
University scientists, working with the city of Los Angeles, have developed a plan to grow an urban forest in communities vulnerable to heat waves and air pollution.
The Landscape Justice Initiative unites USC students and faculty with community organizations to tackle big social and environmental challenges in Los Angeles and beyond.
Jose Miguel Ruiz inspires sustainable renewal through onions, celery and Swiss chard — and it’s happening one empty lot at a time.
A consortium of experts and students will help determine which communities would benefit the most from more trees. It’s part of a widening environmental partnership between the city and the university.
Professors at USC Price examine the expected — and unexpected — consequences of so many companies and organizations pivoting to remote work.
USC’s experts in aging envision how a deluge of older adults in urban areas might reshape transportation, home design and human connection.
USC experts predict the urban changes that COVID-19 will bring about, including the potential death of commuting and an increased focus on green space.
According to a new USC Dornsife mobility survey, worries over safety and convenience are dissuading people from ditching private vehicles and using public transportation.
As they celebrated women in science and engineering, leaders from the two universities recognized L.A. as the best place in the world to launch major sustainable projects.
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.
Trojans propose turning an abandoned building into a hotel, among other economic developments that could help generate $6.1 million over five years.
Trojans develop designs for two potential closures and lay out a transportation plan to support the concept.
Renaissance Academy students also get urban planning lessons from Trojans drawn to community engagement and youth empowerment.
For solutions to inequality, marginalization and divisiveness, one of USC’s newest deans wants to tap an unexpected resource: architecture.
USC Price students use their camera skills to create media featuring everything from mariachi music to street vendors.
People with the right voices and backgrounds are needed more than ever in the planning profession, USC professor says.
The site of USC Village has come a long way from scrubby underbrush to home of USC’s largest residential complex.
Photos go to the USC Libraries’ Digital Library, where they will help other researchers analyze neighborhoods near subway stations.
Teens propose ways to boost public safety and build local pride in their neighborhood at USC Price urban planning event.
Gary Painter of USC Price hopes transportation planners pay attention to what the U.S. population looks like.
USC alumni are woven throughout the fabric of Southern California civic life.
A city without waste? In this electronic game, it’s ecology and urban planning for the win.
The city’s climate, ecological issues and urban growth are a microcosm of the challenges facing the world, USC expert says.