The Neighborhood Change Project
This project compiles data from 1970 to develop a comprehensive set of neighborhood change indicators. Once completed, this will serve as a broad data base for neighborhood and community research in the Chicago region and potentially across the U.S. Identifying and explaining the causes and consequences of spatial patterns in urban areas such as residential segregation and income inequality requires a multidimensional and multifaceted approach beyond looking at simple variable such as age or income. Many major changes in neighborhoods are caused by historical conditions and are related to factors and trends occurring at higher geographical scales. The construction of a longitudinal data base at the neighborhood and regional level helps to analyze the interrelationship using a systematic and technically sound set of indicators. This project will both facilitate scholarly research on neighborhoods and help community stakeholders, policy makers and civic leaders to better plan appropriate strategies to improve communities. This project is an update of the our 2000 study "Interpreting Neighborhood Change in Chicago".
Download Presentations:
1. The Deepening Divide in Chicagoland: Presentation and discussion of current research on neighborhood change, income inequality and polarization by Janet Smith, Co-Director, Voorhees Center
2. Toronto’s Growing Socio-spatial Divide: Researching the Urban Impact of Rising Income Inequality & Income Polarization, by David Hulchanski, University of Toronto, Professor Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
