KEYWORD

urban planning

UC Irvine team says urban street networks, building density shape severity of floods

Researchers’ new analytical model can assess neighborhood-level hazards globally

California transportation chief visits UCI

Official praises Institute of Transportation Studies research

Research participants were shown three five-minute, 360-degree videos of urban environments: one depicting a parklike setting, the second consisting of a street view with green space, and the third featuring a street view without green space.

UCI-led study finds virtual green space exposure beneficial to pregnant women

Parklike setting was most effective in reducing physiological and affective stress

Street scene on Broadway in Los Angeles

What’s next: The ongoing urban exodus

Remote worker migration will depress home prices in big cities and raise them in suburbs, says UCI economist

UCI-led team to study socioeconomic effects of coastal flooding in California

NSF-funded project involving 3 other UC campuses will use advanced simulations

Community ‘factivists’

Researchers with UCI’s Metropolitan Futures Initiative use big data to reveal SoCal socioeconomic, crime trends

The water challenge

Social ecology researchers take multiple approaches to finding solutions

Port of Long Beach

Road warriors

As our expanding population outgrows an aging infrastructure, transportation is becoming an increasingly important topic in Orange County and statewide. It also has significant implications for the U.S. economy, considering that transportation-related goods and services account for about 20 percent of the nation’s gross national product. “The safe and efficient movement of people and goods […]