FEATURED

Reimagining Infrastructure in 2022

A special issue of Urban Link on the role of infrastructure in building the sustainable and equitable 21st-century city.

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FEATURED

Can Cities Lead on Climate?

Takeaways from Penn IUR’s representatives to the University of Pennsylvania’s delegation to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties.

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FEATURED

Livable Cities: Our Best Hope

Penn IUR Faculty Fellow and Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Director Mark Alan Hughes reflects on the October event "Livable Cities."

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Recovering Cities Project

Penn IUR is partnering with research institutes in cities across the US to monitor and inform the recovery from the health, economic, and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Cities and COVID-19 Resource Library

An online compendium of data, research, and resources documenting the impact of COVID-19 on cities around the world.

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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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Events

panel
2/17
11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET

Special Briefing on New York City: New Mayor, Federal Aid, Challenges to Recovery

panel
1/20
past event

Special Briefing: 2022 Outlook for States and Cities

panel
12/16
past event

Special Briefing on State and City Spending of Federal Infrastructure Funds

panel
12/7
past event

Federal Support for Local Workforce Solutions

12/1
past event

2022 Undergraduate Urban Research Colloquium Information Session

panel
11/18
past event

Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid and State and Local Strategies

panel
11/17
past event

Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi

book-talk
11/4
past event

Penn IUR Book Talk With Dr. Judith Rodin: Making Money Moral

panel
10/29
past event

World Cities Day 2021: Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience

presentation
10/28
past event

Korea City Renaissance Industry Expo 2021

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Active Initiatives

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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.

GlobalSustainable CitiesUrban Development StrategiesAnchor Institutions

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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off the press

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New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide

Richard Peiser and Ann Forsyth

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Perspectives on Fair Housing

Vincent J. Reina, Wendell E. Pritchett, and Susan M. Wachter

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How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development

Richardson Dilworth and Timothy P. R. Weaver

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Life Among Urban Planners: Practice, Professionalism, and Expertise in the Making of the City

Jennifer Mack and Michael Herzfeld

Penn IUR 2019-20 Annual Report: Cities and Shocks

Penn IUR

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House prices in Arizona are rising and that could be bad news for Australia’s property market

December 20, 2021

Infrastructure act’s discretionary grants may be subject to political pressure

December 20, 2021

Despite shortages of materials, new housing construction is up

December 17, 2021

Experts Predict What The Housing Market Will Look Like In 2022

December 15, 2021
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