33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1982
Telephone: 732/932-3134; Fax: 732/932-2363
Robert W. Burchell, Codirector
David Listokin, Codirector
The Center for Urban Policy Research (CUPR) specializes in housing,
land use, economic development, and urban-poverty issues. It is
concerned with both the academic quality of urban research and the
practical application of research results to policy formulation and
implementation. CUPR conducts research for federal agencies, major
private foundations, and state and local governments. Its faculty hold
joint appointments in the sociology, economics, geography, urban
planning and policy development, and urban studies departments. Major
projects include housing studies for the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development; a Community Outreach Partnership Center in Newark
(also for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development); an
evaluation of New Brunswick's Hope VI program; program evaluations for
the U.S. Economic Development Administration; costs of sprawl studies
for several states; and costs and benefits of historic preservation for
federal and state agencies and major foundations. In other work, CUPR's
Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECONTM) prepares
economic forecasts and analyses for businesses and governments, and its
Project Community provides direct services and technical assistance to
community-based organizations and nonprofit groups engaged in
neighborhood revitalization. The center publishes a quarterly
newsletter; monographs and working papers are published through the
CUPR Press.
