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New Ideas in Urban Research

A special issue of Urban Link featuring graduating doctoral students’ urban-focused research.

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Five Steps for Financing Urban Adaptation

Eugénie L. Birch and Mauricio Rodas discuss takeaways from a workshop on financing urban adaptation to climate change.

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Nussdorf Urban Leadership Awardees

Congratulations to Emilia Saiz Carrancedo, Secretary General, UCLG, and Claudio Orrego, Governor, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile!

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The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) is dedicated to advancing cross-disciplinary urban-focused research, instruction, and civic engagement on issues relevant to cities around the world. As the global population becomes increasingly urban, understanding cities is vital to informed decision-making and public policy at the local, national, and international levels.

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Cities and Contagion: Lessons from COVID-19

The Cities and Contagion: Lessons from COVID-19 initiative brings together experts across scholarly disciplines who can help interpret the coronavirus pandemic’s implications for urbanization and the subsequent responses to its human and economic dimensions. This work will inform public and private decision-makers as t...

Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability

The Initiative for State and Local Fiscal Stability draws its inspiration from the efforts of Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor of New York State, who will serve as Chair, and William Glasgall, the Initiative’s lead, who created the Truth and Integrity in Government Finance Initiative at the Volcker Alliance.

City Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative

C2IFI is a new initiative of Penn IUR and Perry World House to enable mayors to create inclusive and prosperous cities by locking in climate-resilient infrastructure investments that yield economic, social and environmental benefits for decades.

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Global Urban Commons

The Global Urban Commons (the Commons), is a publicly-accessible, global directory of university-based urban research centers.The Commons, which includes more than 200 urban-research focused organizations from around the world, is a platform to build awareness about the breadth and depth of global urban research. The site i...

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