Housing and Urban Development
Rebuilding Affordable Housing Is Essential For Coastal Businesses’ Hurricane Recovery
Oct 25, 2022 • 6 min. readIn many communities, affordable housing returns slowly after a disaster, if at all, says a Texas A&M urban planning researcher.
Aggie Entomologists Show How Ant Colonies Adapt To Urbanization
Oct 3, 2022 • 4 min. readA group of Texas A&M researchers has identified behavioral and physiological changes in ants disturbed by development and urban sprawl.
Disasters Can Wipe Out Affordable Housing Forever Unless Communities Plan Ahead – That Loss Hurts The Economy
Feb 10, 2022 • 6 min. readA Texas A&M professor of urban planning explains how slow recovery for vulnerable households can slow the recovery of the entire community.
Through the Texas Freedom Colonies Project, Texas A&M professor Andrea Roberts is recording the stories of the state's historic Black settlements.
A Texas A&M College of Architecture-led project aims to help a small Texas town become a "smart" city.
Texas A&M Researchers Create Model To Predict Flooding In Urban Areas
Aug 24, 2020 • 4 min. readThe contagion model can be used to forecast the spread and recession of floodwaters across road networks.
Texas A&M Study: Worldwide Urban Expansion Causing Problems
Mar 24, 2020 • 3 min. readThe report says that since 1970, large areas of land have been urbanized, and this strains quality of life in every region.