2000115-Strengthening-Communities-with-Neighborhood-Data

450 Index
Twin Cities (Minnesota) data-sharing
environment (continued)
remaining barriers in, 69–70
state initiatives, 58–60
trends in applications for, 68–69
Wilder Research, 67–68
Twitter, 98, 392
Twitter API, 125
typologies, 294–295, 296
of places, creating, 293
role and advantages of, 320–321
Underclass Database, 91
unexcused absences from school, 269
uninsured population, in Camden,
New Jersey, 238
United Way, 409
University Center for Social and Urban
Research (Pittsburgh), 158, 159
University of California, Irvine, 94–95
University of California, Los Angeles,
Advanced Policy Institute, 103–104
University of Chicago, Urban Center for
Computation and Data, 96
University of Memphis, Center for
Community Building and
Neighborhood Action, 159
University of Minnesota, 95, 105
University of Pittsburgh, School of Social
Work, 157
University of Texas, Dallas, Institute of
Urban Policy and Research, 236
University of Utah, 272–273
unobservables, geographic selection bias
and, 354–356, 357, 359
unreliability problem, addressing, 292
up and out moves, Making Connections
research on, 170
urban heat islands, measuring, 98
Urban Institute, 3, 33, 34, 84, 89, 90, 103,
104, 173, 174, 266, 367. See also
National Neighborhood Indicators
Partnership (NNIP)
Urban Network Analysis Toolbox, for
ArcGIS, 378
urban renewal, 1
Urban Strategies Council (Oakland, CA),
10n.2, 28
Urban Tapestry neighborhoods
Chicago neighborhood types and
(2006), 336
DNT typology and, 327, 331, 335
US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 106
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 106
US Census Bureau, 2, 81, 83, 85, 107, 122.
See also American Community Survey
Compass products, 85
Longitudinal Employer-Household
Dynamics, 80
TIGER files, 102
US Centers for Disease Control, 106
US Department of Agriculture, 66, 97
US Department of Commerce, 103, 407
US Department of Education, 122, 172,
174
US Department of Housing and
Community Development, 122,
159–160
US Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), 66, 83, 84, 86,
92, 225, 226
eCon Planning Suite, 106, 392
Office of Community Planning and
Development, 105
Office of Sustainable Housing and
Communities, 97
US Department of Labor, 122
US Department of Transportation, 97,
122, 225
UserVoiceFeedback (Mesa, Arizona), 48
US Postal Service, vacancy data, 83, 92
Utah Community Data Project, 397,
409n.2
utilization-focused evaluation, 188
Vacant and Abandoned Property Action
Council (VAPAC), 207, 208, 216, 217
vacant housing, crime and, 157, 158
vacant properties
in Cleveland, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211,
213, 217
in South Dallas, Texas, 237