Research
Scroll down to learn more about the past and current research projects and community-engaged studies. When available, follow links for reports, presentations, and journal articles. Click here for my Google Scholar profile and a complete list of published research.
Highlights from other community-engaged research can be found on the Community Collaborative Research Center website. I’m a founding co-director of this new center focused on conducting research with community members and organizations.
Generalized Zoning for the Denver Metro 8-County Area
Funded by CU Denver Presidential Initiative, 2022-2024. This generalized zoning database in GIS is available upon request.
Gold Corridor Housing Strategy
Prepared for DRCOG through the HUD/EPA/DOT SCI Grant, 2014
DRCOG Sustainable Communities Initiative: Outcomes Assessment & Knowledge Sharing Final report
Prepared for DRCOG through the HUD/EPA/DOT SCI Grant, 2014
One of the many causes of our current crisis
Seeking Housing Affordability in the Denver Metro Area: Detailing the causes and outcomes of the housing crisis to inform local and national solutions
A two-phase study of the Denver regions unaffordable housing: Phase 1) 2014 to 2015 for the Denver Region’s HUD-DOT Sustainable Communities Initiative Grant; and Phase 2) 2022-present and built on a prior study from
How Denver’s zoning and land use changes sparked rapid neighborhood change and school instability: a longitudinal analysis from 2000 to 2026
2020-present
30 Years of RTD Light Rail: Why 2% mode share and can it be improved?
2025-present
The Sustainable Neighborhoods Network:
A City-citizen Partnership to Promote More Sustainable Behaviors
2017-2020
Valverde Movement Project
Funded in part through an NSF Civic Innovation Challenge Grant. Click here for a book chapter on the project.
2020 – present
Carrie Makarewicz, PhD 