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Center Reports
State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Westmoreland County
Released Nov 14th, 2023
By Scott Beach, PhD (UCSUR); Christopher Briem, MPA (UCSUR); Janet Schlarb, MS (UCSUR); Everette James, JD, MBA (HPI); & Meredith Hughes, JD, MBA (HPI)
State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Allegheny County
Released Dec 14th, 2022
By Scott Beach, PhD (UCSUR); Christopher Briem, MPA (UCSUR); Janet Schlarb, MS (UCSUR); Everette James, JD, MBA (HPI); & Meredith Hughes, JD, MBA (HPI) - Funded by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation
Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Crisis: Is Privatization the Solution?
Presentation slides
March 3rd Webinar
Released Feb 2022
By Daniel McClymonds, Jackie Smith, PhD, & Connor Chapman (University of Pittsburgh Department of Sociology) with Randall Taylor (Penn Plaza Support & Action Network)
Quality of Life and Demographic-Racial Dimensions of Differences in Most Liveable Pittsburgh
Released Feb 2022 (Received April, 2021)
This research examines quality of life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is well-known for its regeneration from its past as the "Smoky City’"and the "Steel City."
Effects of COVID-19 on Family Caregivers
Released July 2020
The Pittsburgh Today Education Survey
Released July 2020
Initial Labor Force Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Allegheny County
Released June 2020
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2019
Released April 2019
Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey, 2018
Released December 2018
A Comprehensive Assessment of Pennsylvania's Military Installations, 2018
Released August 2018
Predicting Lead Water Service Line Locations for Improving Mitigation Strategies
Mike Blackhurst, Co-Director, Urban & Regional Analysis Program
Released May 2018
Do lead water laterals affect property values? A Case Study of Pittsburgh, PA
Mike Blackhurst, Co-Director, Urban & Regional Analysis Program
Released April 2018
Evaluating Bicycle, Pedestrian, Transit and Economic Data Collection Needs and Measures of Effectiveness in Pennsylvania
Released February 2018
Western Pennsylvania Family Caregiving Project: The Pittsburgh Regional Caregivers Survey, 2017
Released December 2017
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2017
Released April 2017
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2016
Released February 2016
The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey, 2016
Released January 2016
Integrated Data to Predict Chronic Absence in Public Schools
Released August 2015
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2015
Released April 2015
Allegheny County State of Aging Survey, 2014
Released October 2014
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2014
Released May 2014
Pittsburgh Regional Environmental Survey, 2013
Released November 2013
Hilltop Housing Market Analysis, July 2013
Released July 2013
Pittsburgh Today and Tomorrow, 2013
Released March 2013
Young Adults Report
Released November 2012
Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey, 2011-2012
Released July 2012
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford -- Economic and Community Impacts Final Report, June 2012
Released June 2012
Who Moves to Lawrenceville and Why?
Neighborhood Report
Released May 2012
Hazelwood Neighborhood Profile, 2010
Neighborhood Report
Released February 2012
Anatomy of a Neighborhood: Homewood in the 21st Century, 2011
Neighborhood Report
Released February 2012
Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region Update
Released December 2011
Economic and Community Impacts of Small Colleges and Universities
Released September 2011
Incorporating Mt. Oliver Borough's Data in the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System: Project Summary and Lessons Learned
Released July 2011
Foreclosure in South Pittsburgh's Hilltop and Effective Responses
Released July 2011
Allegheny County Population Health in Black and White Volume Two of the Black Papers on African American Health
Released August 2011
Estimating the Supply and Demand of Affordable Housing in Allegheny County
Released March 2011
Impacts of Vanpooling in Pennsylvania and Future Opportunities
Released December 2010
Economic and Community Impact Report - Washington Jefferson College
Released June 2010
Using PNCIS Data to Model Vacancy, Crime, and Property Taxes in the CONNECT Region
Released June 2010
Social Return on Investment Case Study Analysis, 2008
Released January 2009
The Nonprofit Sector: An Economic and Community Asset
Released December 2008
Neighborhood and Community Indicator Systems in the Turtle Creek Valley
Released December 2008
EEO Employment Data for Allegheny county and the Pittsburgh Region
Released February 2008
Home Foreclosures in Allegheny County, 2006-2007
Released January 2008
Gender Wage Disparity in the Pittsburgh Region: Analyzing Causes and Differences in the Gender Wage Gap
Released December 2007
The Impact of Nonprofit, Large Landowners on Public Finance in a Fiscally Distressed Municipality: A Case Study of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Released November 2007
The Impact of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers on the Pittsburgh Regional Economy
Released October 2007
Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region: 2000-2006 Overview: Analysis of IRS migration data for the Pittsburgh Region and Southwestern Pennsylvania
Released July 2007
Diversity Among Pennsylvania State Boards
Released December 2006
Sociodemographic Trends Affecting Fort Ligonier
Released December 2006
A Presentation of Data Acquisition and Management Workshop
Released February 2006
Allegheny County Economic Trends for Allegheny Places, The Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan
Released December 2005
Housing and Sociodemographic Trends for Allegheny Places, The Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan
Released December 2005
Disabilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania, 2004
Released October 2004
Women's Benchmarks Reports, 2004
Released June 2004
Black-White Benchmarks Reports, 2004
Released June 2004
Diversity Within and Among Nonprofit Boards in Allegheny County
Released October 2003
A Presentation of The State of Aging and Health in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, 2003
Released September 2003
The State of Aging and Health in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, 2003
Released May 2003
Diversity Among Elected Officials in the Pittsburgh Region
Released February 2003
Black Papers on African American Health
Released January 2002
Executive Summaries of all three Black Papers
The Health Status of African Americans in Allegheny County
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among African Americans in Allegheny County
Health Problems Among African American Women Age 35-64 in Allegheny County
2002 User Survey For The Pennsylvania Allegheny Trail Alliance
Released June 2002
African American and Women Board Members in the Pittsburgh Region
Released November 2001
The State of the Environment in Allegheny County: Land, Water and Air
Released March 2001
The State of the Region Report: Economic, Demographic, and Social Conditions and Trends in SWPA
Released September 1999
African American and Women Board Members of Economic Development Organizations in the Pittsburgh Region
Released July 1999
The Pittsburgh REMI Model: Long-Term REMI Model Forecast for Allegheny County and the Pittsburgh Region and Policy Simulation Methods
Released March 1999
Economic Benchmarks: Indices for the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released September 1998
Introduction and Summary
Economic Benchmarks: Tables
Basic Living Cost and Living Wage Estimates for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released October 1997
Pittsburgh Benchmarks: Black and White Quality of Life in the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released September 1996
Hill District Community Plan
Released May 1996
by Susan E. Stoker & Cecelia Roberts
Prepared for the Hill District Consensus Group
Black and White Economic Conditions in the City of Pittsburgh: A Benchmarks Special Report
Released June 1995
Economic Benchmarks: Economic Indices for the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County
Released October 1994
Who Shops Downtown and Why?
by Jim DeAngelis, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
Neighborhood Report
Released August 1989
East Liberty Image Study
by Ed Wells and Roger Ahlbrandt, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh
Neighborhood Report
Released April 1983
Neighborhood Reports, 1977
Neighborhood Report
Neighborhood Reports, 1974
Neighborhood Report
Urban Renewal Impact Study
by the Allegheny Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods
Neighborhood Report
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The mission of the University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) is to work collaboratively to conduct interdisciplinary research that improves communities and addresses social, economic, health, and policy issues most relevant to society. UCSUR carries out this mission by providing research support infrastructure and training; conducting original research in a few focused areas, including urban impact analysis, survey methodology, and psychosocial aspects of aging; and enhancing access to local and national policy-relevant data.
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