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Through almost three decades of systematic research, the annual Houston Area Survey has measured this region's remarkable economic and demographic transformations and recorded the way area residents are responding to them. No other metropolitan area in America has been the focus of a research program of this scope. None more clearly exemplifies the trends that are rapidly refashioning the social and political landscape of urban America.
Partly in recognition of the increasing value and importance of this research, Rice University officially launched the Institute for Urban Research (IUR) in February 2010. The new institute will provide a permanent home for the annual surveys, stimulate other metropolitan research, sponsor educational programs, and engage in public outreach that advances understanding of pressing urban issues and fosters the development of more humane and sustainable cities.
The 2010 Houston Area Survey results were just released. For the results of "Perspectives on a City in Transition," please click the following:
2010 Houston Area Survey
Watch Rice University sociologist and director of the annual Houston Area Survey, Stephen Klineberg, Ph.D., discuss this year's survey findings with Gary Polland and David Jones on Houston PBS:
Red, White and Blue (Originally broadcast 4/30/2010).
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