Katrin B Anacker
Biographic Data
| ID | 953398 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katrin B Anacker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katrin B |
| FAMILY NAME | Anacker |
| SIGNATURE | ANACKER K B |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3423-6738 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 149 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis
New York: Jill S. Gross and H. V. Savitch. (2023). Agenda Publishing, 208 pages. $30 (paperback)
Analyzing Variations in Characteristics between Jurisdictions That Regulate Small, Affordable Housing Solutions in the United States
This study analyzes demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and regional characteristics of jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit accessory dwelling units (ADUs), tiny homes, and mobile homes. I use descriptive statistics and t -tests and find large differences between jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit ADUs, modest differences between jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit tiny homes, and somewhat large differences betw…
From Pre-Pandemic to Post-Pandemic Suburban Heavens of Privilege
The house on henry street: The enduring life of a lower East side settlement , by Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier
Queering Rehoboth Beach: Beyond the boardwalk , by James T. Sears
Tackling Housing Affordability - Still and Again
Solving Housing Affordability Challenges in the United States
The Evolution of the Four Eras of Urban Planning Education in the United States
The evolution of urban planning education in the United States has undergone four eras: First, from the early to mid-twentieth century, professionals from select disciplines and fields collaborated and institutionalized planning education. Second, during the mid-twentieth century, there were tensions between design/physical planning and policy/social sciences, as well as generalist and specialist education. Third, from the mid- to the late-twenti…
Pandemic urbanism: Infectious diseases on a planet of cities , by S. Harris Ali, Creighton Connolly, and Roger Keil
In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities , by Davarian L. Baldwin In the shadow of the ivory tower: How universities are plundering our cities , by Davarian L. Bald…
Healthy buildings: How indoor spaces drive performance and productivity , by Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
Showroom city: Real estate and resistance in the furniture capital of the world , by John Joe Schlichtman
Case studies in retrofitting suburbia: Urban design strategies for urgent challenges , by June Williamson and Ellen Dunham-Jones (eds.)
Fixer-upper: How to repair America’s broken housing systems , by Jenny Schuetz
Fixer-upper: How to repair America’s broken housing systems, by Jenny Schuetz." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Survival of the city: Living and thriving in an age of isolation , by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler
Survival of the city: Living and thriving in an age of isolation, by Edward Glaeser and David Cutler." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Know your price: Valuing Black lives and property in America’s Black cities , by Andre M. Perry
One of the many joys of working in Washington, DC is attending events hosted by think tanks, nonprofits, and government institutions on site, in person. At an event at the Brookings Institution on
U.S. suburbs and the global Covid-19 pandemic: From cleanscapes to safescapes 2.0? The case of the New York metropolitan area
In this essay, I argue that over the past two centuries, U.S. cities have transitioned from dirtscapes, characterized by severe water, land, air sanitation, public health, physical, and affordable housing challenges, to cleanscapes. As in previous epidemics, the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused many middle- and upper-income people to leave higher-density U.S. cities for lower density suburbs and exurbs. I argue that these places quickly trans…
Beyond the City and the Bridge: East Asian Immigration in a New Jersey Suburb
Classifying Regulatory Approaches of Jurisdictions for Accessory Dwelling Units: The Case of Long Island
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a strategy for providing affordable rental housing. We suggest a typology of regulatory approaches in Long Island, New York, differentiating between jurisdictions that allow nonfamily/nondomestic employee renters in ADUs (Type 1), allow only family members and domestic employees in ADUs (Type 2), and do not allow any ADUs (Type 3). Content analysis, descriptive statistics, and t tests reveal that there is varia…
Massive suburbanization: (Re)building the global periphery , edited by K. Murat Güney, Roger Keil, and Murat Űçoğlu
The Global Suburbanisms series, published by the University of Toronto Press, has yet another precious feather in its cap. Massive Suburbanization: (Re)Building the Global Periphery, edited by K. M
Analyzing Rates of Seriously Delinquent Mortgages in Asian Census Tracts in the United States
Although race and ethnicity have been analyzed and discussed in the context of the national foreclosure crisis, there has been little work on neighborhoods in which different Asian subgroups reside, which is surprising given the relatively large demographic, economic, and social differences. Based on NSP 3 data, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and 2005/2009 American Community Survey (ACS) data, provided by …
Analyzing segregation in mature and developing suburbs in the United States
Over the past several decades, researchers have investigated segregation, differentiating between central cities and suburbs. However, suburbs have become more differentiated. Using Census 2000, Census 2010, and American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2007–2011, this article analyzes segregation in the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, differentiating between central cities, mature suburbs, and developing sub…
The New American Suburb: Poverty, Race and the Economic Crisis
Contents: Introduction, Katrin B. Anacker. Section I Suburban Poverty: The resurgence of concentrated poverty in America: metropolitan trends in the 2000s, Elizabeth Kneebone and Carey Anne Nadeau Debunking the a cookie-cuttera (TM) myth for suburban places and suburban poverty: analyzing their variety and recent trends, Karen Beck Pooley. Section II Racial, Ethnic, and Nativist Change: The Washington, DC Metropolitan Region - traditional no more…
Exploring the relationship between the proportion of seriously delinquent mortgages and the proportion of single and/or female borrowers at the census tract level in the Philadelphia MSA
While race and ethnicity have been analyzed often in the recent literature on the national foreclosure crisis, there has been little focus on gender and marital status in studies that focus on seriously delinquent mortgages. Merging data sets from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Census, we examined differences in the proportion of mortgages that are seriously delinquent at the Census tract level in the Philadel…
Homeownership and Neighborhood Satisfaction among Low- and Moderate-Income Households
Most research on homeownership is conducted on nationally representative samples of homeowners and fails to isolate the unique experience of low- and moderate-income (LMI) homeowners. Given the interest of policymakers in promoting homeownership among LMI households over the past 20 years, along with the apparent role played by risky borrowers—many of whom are low-income—in the current housing market crisis, it is important to evaluate both econo…
Still Paying the Race Tax? Analyzing Property Values in Homogeneous and Mixed-Race Suburbs
Racial and ethnic inequality has manifested itself in wealth ownership and access to quality housing. Home ownership is considered a good basis on which to build equity. Whereas property values and their appreciation have been analyzed in those inner city neighborhoods that have high proportions of racially and ethnically underrepresented groups, not much systematic research has been undertaken on these issues in homogeneous versus mixed-race sub…
Neighborhood Factors Associated with Same-Sex Households in U.S. Cities
Quality of life cannot be fully described by the availability of regional amenities. Instead, it also depends on the quality of neighborhoods and housing. In connection with discussions on knowledge workers, not much systematic research has been done on the characteristics of neighborhoods characterized by high proportions of same-sex households. By analyzing census tracts within select counties across the United States using Poisson regressions,…
Analyzing segregation in mature and developing suburbs in the United States
Over the past several decades, researchers have investigated segregation, differentiating between central cities and suburbs. However, suburbs have become more differentiated. Using Census 2000, Census 2010, and American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2007–2011, this article analyzes segregation in the 100 most populous metropolitan statistical areas in the United States, differentiating between central cities, mature suburbs, and developing sub…
Analyzing Census tract foreclosure risk rates in mature and developing suburbs in the United States
In the early 2000s, many policymakers and researchers became concerned about suburban decline. The recent national subprime, foreclosure, and economic crises have intensified these concerns. In this study, I analyze the 2010 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3, the 2005/2009 American Community Survey, and other databases with descriptive statistics and weighted least squares regression models. Differentiating among tracts in central cities, matu…
What Sexuality Is This Place? Building a Framework for Evaluating Sexualized Space: The Case of Kansas City, Missouri
We intend to build on previous work in planning and geography to develop a new framework for characterizing the everyday spaces that queer people move through and to capture their experiences of the city. Our hypothesis is that all spaces reflect social norms around gender identity and sexual orientation. We will explore how these norms play out in urban spaces by adapting a Lynchian framework that characterizes space by performance characteristi…
Analyzing Foreclosures Among High-Income Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Borrowers in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Although Prince Georges County, Maryland, is the wealthiest Black/African American county in the nation, the national foreclosure crisis has had a profound effect on it. Using a merged data set consisting of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), U.S. Census, and Lender Processing Services (LPS) data and utilizing a logistic regression model, we analyzed the likelihood of foreclosure in Prince George’s County in the Washington, DC metropolitan area…
Classifying Regulatory Approaches of Jurisdictions for Accessory Dwelling Units: The Case of Long Island
Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are a strategy for providing affordable rental housing. We suggest a typology of regulatory approaches in Long Island, New York, differentiating between jurisdictions that allow nonfamily/nondomestic employee renters in ADUs (Type 1), allow only family members and domestic employees in ADUs (Type 2), and do not allow any ADUs (Type 3). Content analysis, descriptive statistics, and t tests reveal that there is varia…
Immigrating, Assimilating, Cashing in? Analyzing Property Values in Suburbs of Immigrant Gateways
Assets like properties determine opportunities. Many immigrants have begun to bypass cities and move straight to suburbs. Until the recent house price crash, suburbs had been perceived as locations where appreciation rates were high, but this perception might no longer hold true. Not many studies have focused on suburban house prices with regard to race, ethnicity, and nativity. This study fills the gap in terms of nativity. This study uses data …
U.S. suburbs and the global Covid-19 pandemic: From cleanscapes to safescapes 2.0? The case of the New York metropolitan area
In this essay, I argue that over the past two centuries, U.S. cities have transitioned from dirtscapes, characterized by severe water, land, air sanitation, public health, physical, and affordable housing challenges, to cleanscapes. As in previous epidemics, the current COVID-19 pandemic has caused many middle- and upper-income people to leave higher-density U.S. cities for lower density suburbs and exurbs. I argue that these places quickly trans…
Analyzing CRA Lending During the Tsunami in Subprime Lending and Foreclosure in the Philadelphia MSA
Until the onset of the financial meltdown, independent mortgage companies (IMCs) had begun to originate an increasing share of subprime loans, a high proportion of which went into foreclosure. In this study, we compare and contrast the characteristics of neighborhoods that have high proportions of loans made by Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-regulated institutions with those that have high proportions made by IMCs. We find that IMC-dominated ne…
Shaky Palaces? Analyzing Property Values and their Appreciation in Minority First Suburbs
While property values and their appreciation in inner-city neighborhoods with high proportions of minorities have been analyzed, not much systematic research has been undertaken on property values and their appreciation in minority suburbs. This article investigates differences among First Suburban census tracts, including property values, factors that have influenced property values and appreciation rates, by analyzing census tracts within selec…
Beyond the City and the Bridge: East Asian Immigration in a New Jersey Suburb
Analyzing Rates of Seriously Delinquent Mortgages in Asian Census Tracts in the United States
Although race and ethnicity have been analyzed and discussed in the context of the national foreclosure crisis, there has been little work on neighborhoods in which different Asian subgroups reside, which is surprising given the relatively large demographic, economic, and social differences. Based on NSP 3 data, provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and 2005/2009 American Community Survey (ACS) data, provided by …
Analyzing Variations in Characteristics between Jurisdictions That Regulate Small, Affordable Housing Solutions in the United States
This study analyzes demographic, socioeconomic, housing, and regional characteristics of jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit accessory dwelling units (ADUs), tiny homes, and mobile homes. I use descriptive statistics and t -tests and find large differences between jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit ADUs, modest differences between jurisdictions that permit versus do not permit tiny homes, and somewhat large differences betw…
The Evolution of the Four Eras of Urban Planning Education in the United States
The evolution of urban planning education in the United States has undergone four eras: First, from the early to mid-twentieth century, professionals from select disciplines and fields collaborated and institutionalized planning education. Second, during the mid-twentieth century, there were tensions between design/physical planning and policy/social sciences, as well as generalist and specialist education. Third, from the mid- to the late-twenti…
Analyzing housing affordability of U.S. renters during the Great Recession, 2007 to 2009
During the somewhat recent Great Recession, there was a popular notion that housing affordability for all renters had deteriorated. In this study, we investigate this notion by utilizing two national merged American Housing Survey (AHS) data sets from 2007 to 2009. We analyze housing affordability for renters, comparing and contrasting four subgroups in terms of their monthly average household incomes and housing costs, among other variables. We …
The little downpayment savings policy that could: Revisiting building and loan societies and their products in times of the tight credit box and the pending housing finance reform
In the United States, homeownership is an important part of wealth building, especially for low- and moderate-income people, many of whom are of color. Interestingly, savings products geared towards downpayment are scarce and public support for downpayment is minimal. The current tight credit box, the pending housing finance reform, and the possible elimination of the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) will make wealth building through homeownersh…
Playing Both "Inside" and "Outside Games"? Evidence From Expert Interviews in Mature Suburbs in Ohio
In recent years, concern has arisen about decline in mature suburbs, and has been addressed primarily by research that has concentrated on quantitative analyses. Only a few works have used qualitative data to explore policies and tools in mature suburbs. We use expert interviews and Rusk's (1999) "inside game/outside game" framework to explore decline and the status of advocacy among select mature suburbs in three study communities in Ohio. We fi…
Big Flipping Schemes in Small Cities? The Case of Mansfield, Ohio
This article presents a Poisson regression model that explains factors that affect neighborhoods with high proportions of potentiallyflipped properties based on a case study in Mansfield, Ohio. These neighborhoods were characterized by factors similar to those typical of challenged neighborhoods. Potential public policies were suggested that can address property flipping, focusing on the home buyer, the lender, the appraiser, and the inspector. P…
Planning for telecommunications in Germany: Telecom hotels
More than fifteen years ago Hepworth claimed that geographers had “made little progress in coming to terms with the major research and policy issues raised by the diffusion of information technolog
Neighborhood Factors Associated with Same-Sex Households in U.S. Cities
Quality of life cannot be fully described by the availability of regional amenities. Instead, it also depends on the quality of neighborhoods and housing. In connection with discussions on knowledge workers, not much systematic research has been done on the characteristics of neighborhoods characterized by high proportions of same-sex households. By analyzing census tracts within select counties across the United States using Poisson regressions,…
The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market . Emily Rosenbaum and Samantha Friedman
The Global Cities Reader – by N. BRENNER & R. Keil
Big Flipping Schemes in Small Cities? The Case of Mansfield, Ohio
This article presents a Poisson regression model that explains factors that affect neighborhoods with high proportions of potentiallyflipped properties based on a case study in Mansfield, Ohio. These neighborhoods were characterized by factors similar to those typical of challenged neighborhoods. Potential public policies were suggested that can address property flipping, focusing on the home buyer, the lender, the appraiser, and the inspector. P…
Still Paying the Race Tax? Analyzing Property Values in Homogeneous and Mixed-Race Suburbs
Racial and ethnic inequality has manifested itself in wealth ownership and access to quality housing. Home ownership is considered a good basis on which to build equity. Whereas property values and their appreciation have been analyzed in those inner city neighborhoods that have high proportions of racially and ethnically underrepresented groups, not much systematic research has been undertaken on these issues in homogeneous versus mixed-race sub…
Gated Communities: International Perspectives Edited by Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy
Rowland Atkinson and Sarah Blandy (Eds.), Gated Communities: International Perspectives (London and New York: Routledge, 2006).Over the past two decades, gated communities have sprung up in emergin
Transforming Race and Class in Suburbia: Decline in Metropolitan Baltimore – By Thomas J. Vicino
D. Kushner: Levittown: Two families, one tycoon, and the fight for civil rights in America’s legendary suburb
Homeownership and Neighborhood Satisfaction among Low- and Moderate-Income Households
Most research on homeownership is conducted on nationally representative samples of homeowners and fails to isolate the unique experience of low- and moderate-income (LMI) homeowners. Given the interest of policymakers in promoting homeownership among LMI households over the past 20 years, along with the apparent role played by risky borrowers—many of whom are low-income—in the current housing market crisis, it is important to evaluate both econo…
Playing Both "Inside" and "Outside Games"? Evidence From Expert Interviews in Mature Suburbs in Ohio
In recent years, concern has arisen about decline in mature suburbs, and has been addressed primarily by research that has concentrated on quantitative analyses. Only a few works have used qualitative data to explore policies and tools in mature suburbs. We use expert interviews and Rusk's (1999) "inside game/outside game" framework to explore decline and the status of advocacy among select mature suburbs in three study communities in Ohio. We fi…
Global Urbanization. Eugenie L Birch and Susan M. Wachter, editors
Analyzing Foreclosures Among High-Income Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino Borrowers in Prince George’s County, Maryland
Although Prince Georges County, Maryland, is the wealthiest Black/African American county in the nation, the national foreclosure crisis has had a profound effect on it. Using a merged data set consisting of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), U.S. Census, and Lender Processing Services (LPS) data and utilizing a logistic regression model, we analyzed the likelihood of foreclosure in Prince George’s County in the Washington, DC metropolitan area…
What Sexuality Is This Place? Building a Framework for Evaluating Sexualized Space: The Case of Kansas City, Missouri
We intend to build on previous work in planning and geography to develop a new framework for characterizing the everyday spaces that queer people move through and to capture their experiences of the city. Our hypothesis is that all spaces reflect social norms around gender identity and sexual orientation. We will explore how these norms play out in urban spaces by adapting a Lynchian framework that characterizes space by performance characteristi…
Shaky Palaces? Analyzing Property Values and their Appreciation in Minority First Suburbs
While property values and their appreciation in inner-city neighborhoods with high proportions of minorities have been analyzed, not much systematic research has been undertaken on property values and their appreciation in minority suburbs. This article investigates differences among First Suburban census tracts, including property values, factors that have influenced property values and appreciation rates, by analyzing census tracts within selec…
Immigrating, Assimilating, Cashing in? Analyzing Property Values in Suburbs of Immigrant Gateways
Assets like properties determine opportunities. Many immigrants have begun to bypass cities and move straight to suburbs. Until the recent house price crash, suburbs had been perceived as locations where appreciation rates were high, but this perception might no longer hold true. Not many studies have focused on suburban house prices with regard to race, ethnicity, and nativity. This study fills the gap in terms of nativity. This study uses data …
Analyzing CRA Lending During the Tsunami in Subprime Lending and Foreclosure in the Philadelphia MSA
Until the onset of the financial meltdown, independent mortgage companies (IMCs) had begun to originate an increasing share of subprime loans, a high proportion of which went into foreclosure. In this study, we compare and contrast the characteristics of neighborhoods that have high proportions of loans made by Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)-regulated institutions with those that have high proportions made by IMCs. We find that IMC-dominated ne…
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
“[P]overty is an expensive way to run a country” (Sherraden, 1991, p. 13). The United States of America, with its staunch belief in self-reliance and upward mobility, has continued down an extremel
The little downpayment savings policy that could: Revisiting building and loan societies and their products in times of the tight credit box and the pending housing finance reform
In the United States, homeownership is an important part of wealth building, especially for low- and moderate-income people, many of whom are of color. Interestingly, savings products geared towards downpayment are scarce and public support for downpayment is minimal. The current tight credit box, the pending housing finance reform, and the possible elimination of the Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) will make wealth building through homeownersh…
Planning the Home Front: Building Bombers and Communities at Willow Run
City suburbs: Placing suburbia in a post-suburban world , by Alan Mace
Analyzing Census tract foreclosure risk rates in mature and developing suburbs in the United States
In the early 2000s, many policymakers and researchers became concerned about suburban decline. The recent national subprime, foreclosure, and economic crises have intensified these concerns. In this study, I analyze the 2010 Neighborhood Stabilization Program 3, the 2005/2009 American Community Survey, and other databases with descriptive statistics and weighted least squares regression models. Differentiating among tracts in central cities, matu…
The New American Suburb: Poverty, Race and the Economic Crisis
Contents: Introduction, Katrin B. Anacker. Section I Suburban Poverty: The resurgence of concentrated poverty in America: metropolitan trends in the 2000s, Elizabeth Kneebone and Carey Anne Nadeau Debunking the a cookie-cuttera (TM) myth for suburban places and suburban poverty: analyzing their variety and recent trends, Karen Beck Pooley. Section II Racial, Ethnic, and Nativist Change: The Washington, DC Metropolitan Region - traditional no more…
Exploring the relationship between the proportion of seriously delinquent mortgages and the proportion of single and/or female borrowers at the census tract level in the Philadelphia MSA
While race and ethnicity have been analyzed often in the recent literature on the national foreclosure crisis, there has been little focus on gender and marital status in studies that focus on seriously delinquent mortgages. Merging data sets from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the US Census, we examined differences in the proportion of mortgages that are seriously delinquent at the Census tract level in the Philadel…
Analyzing housing affordability of U.S. renters during the Great Recession, 2007 to 2009
During the somewhat recent Great Recession, there was a popular notion that housing affordability for all renters had deteriorated. In this study, we investigate this notion by utilizing two national merged American Housing Survey (AHS) data sets from 2007 to 2009. We analyze housing affordability for renters, comparing and contrasting four subgroups in terms of their monthly average household incomes and housing costs, among other variables. We …
Sociology (29 works) · Economics (25 works) · Geography (23 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (21 works) · Political science (19 works) · Housing Market and Economics (18 works) · Business (16 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (16 works) · Demographic economics (14 works) · Economic growth (12 works)