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Michael Replogle

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Founder, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy

Former Deputy Commissioner for Policy

About

Michael Replogle is the Founder at the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy and Former Deputy Commissioner for Policy. As manager of DOT’s Policy Team, he develops strategy and advises the Commissioner and City Hall on a broad array of transportation issues to advance the OneNYC sustainability agenda of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Key team initiatives include development of an agency-wide strategic plan, Vision Zero efforts to eliminate road-crash related deaths and serious injuries, freight and parking strategy, climate change mitigation and resiliency, and shared mobility. Other initiatives include intelligent transportation systems, engagement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Port Authority, federal policy and grants, and support for the City’s neighborhood development plans.

Previously, Replogle was Managing Director for Policy and Founder of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, where he also served as its President.  In those roles, he oversaw growth of that non-profit corporation to a staff of 80 and a budget of $10 million to advance better urban public transport, walking, cycling, and planning world-wide.

Selected Publications

Replogle, Michael and Colin Hughes. 2012. “Moving Towards Sustainable Transport.” In State of the World 2012: Moving Towards Sustainable Prosperity. Washington DC: Island Press.

Replogle, Michael, Annie Weinstock, Walter Hook, and Ramon Cruz. 2011. Recapturing Global Leadership in Bus Rapid Transit. New York: Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

Creutzig, Felix, Maximilian Theis, Jiang Ping Zhou, and Michael Replogle. 2011. “Trapped in Tremendous Congestion: Can Beijing Find a Road towards Harmonious and Sustainable Transport?” Urban Transport of China, 9(4).

Replogle, Michael and Keri Funderburg. 2006. No More Just Throwing Money Out the Window: Using Road Tolls to Cut Congestion, Protect the Environment, and Boost Access for All. New York: Environmental Defense Fund.

Replogle, Michael. 1990. Non-Motorized Vehicles in Asian Cities (prepared as part of the World Bank Asia Urban Transport Sector Study).

Replogle, Michael. 1987. Sustainable Transportation Strategies for Third World Development. Paper prepared for presentation to Conference Session on Human-Powered Transportation and Transportation Planning for Developing Countries, Washington, DC: 67th Annual Meeting (1988) of the Transportation Research Board.

Affiliated PhD Student

Benjamin (Benji) Smith

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PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

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Benji is a doctoral candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics program specializing in urban and environmental economics. His ongoing research includes studying how policies in the Western US requiring new development to pay water utilities to develop water-intensive housing leads to denser development in new communities, and how local income shocks in metropolitan areas induce gentrification and the subsequent mobility patterns in cities (joint with Fernando Ferreira and Jeanna Kenney). Other interests include how housing markets are related to school choice programs, and the effects of urbanization on local water quality. Prior to graduate school, Benji worked as a research associate at the American Enterprise Institute in the Housing Center. He researched riskiness in mortgage lending and the housing market origins of the 2008 global financial crisis which is published in the Review of Finance. Benji earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Souther California, majoring in Economics and International Relations. 

Selected Publications

Davis, Morris, William Larson, Stephen Oliner, and Benjamin Smith. “A Quarter Century of Mortgage Risk,” Review of Finance, March 2023. https://academic.oup.com/rof/article/27/2/581/6586810

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Joseph Su

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Chief, Department of National Spatial Planning and Development, Taiwan National Development Council

About

Dr. Yu-Shou Su is a Chief in the Department of National Spatial Planning and Development, National Development Council in Taiwan.  Dr. Su is in charge of Taiwan’s national spatial development policy.  His major fields of study are environmental resilience, rebuild policies, and urban flood resilience, with a specialization in urban flood analysis, simulation, and policy in Asian cities.  He was awarded Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

Selected Publications

Yu-Shou Su, (2017) “Rebuild, retreat or resilience: urban flood vulnerability analysis and simulation in Taipei”, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 8 Issue: 02, pp.110-122, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-11-2015-0055

Yu-Shou Su, (2016) “Doctoral abstract(Rebuild, Retreat, Or Resilience: Can Taipei Plan for Resilience?)”, International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Issue: 3, pp.313-314,https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-02-2016-0006  Available at IJDRBE: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJDRBE-02-2016-0006

Yu-Shou Su, (2016) “Urban Flood Resilience in New York City, London, Randstad, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Taipei”, Journal of Management and Sustainability, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 2016 Available at JMS: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jms/article/view/55955

Yu-Shou Su, (2016) “Discourse, Strategy, and Practice of Urban Resilience against Flooding”, Business and Management Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, March 2016. Available at BMS: http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/bms/article/view/1348 

Yu-Shou Su, (2016) “Urban Flood Resilience: A Chronology of Policies to Prevent Flooding in Taipei”, International Journal of Development Research, Vol. 6, Issue 2, February 2016. Available at IJDR: http://www.journalijdr.com/urban-flood-resilience-chronology-policies-prevent-flooding-taipei

Yu-Shou Su, (2015) “Taiwan Vulnerability Analysis: A Comparative Study with Japan, China, U.S.A., U.K., France, and the Netherlands”. Journal of Management and Sustainability, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 2015. Available at JMS: http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jms/article/view/55360

Yu-Shou Su, (2015) “Urban Resilience to Flooding in Asia’s Vulnerable Cities: Shanghai, Dhaka, Tokyo, and Taipei”. Social Science Research Network (SSRN), Urban Research E-Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing, New York. Available at SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2684617

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Sameh Wahba

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Regional Director, Sustainable Development, Europe and Central Asia, The World Bank

About

Sameh Wahba is the Regional Director for Sustainable Development at the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia region. In this capacity, he oversees all World Bank lending, technical assistance, partnerships, and policy advisory work in sustainable development in the region, including agriculture and food, climate change, environment, natural resources and the blue economy, social inclusion and sustainability, water, urban, disaster risk management, resilience, and land. He oversees a portfolio of $10bn in lending commitments and a team of 200 professionals based in DC and 23 regional offices. Previously, he worked as Global Director for Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice. He holds a Ph.D. in urban planning from Harvard University and has 25 years’ experience in urban development, land, housing, disaster risk management, infrastructure, and sustainable development. His publications on cities, housing, land, infrastructure, and finance include books, chapters in edited volumes and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Cities Council and is part of the advisory boards for Resilient Cities Network, the WRI Ross Center for Cities, and the Penn Institute for Urban Research. He also serves as Commissioner in the Global Commission for Urban SDGs Finance chaired by Professor Jeffrey Sachs and Mayor Anne Hidalgo.

Selected Publications

Mohieldin, Mahmoud, Sameh Wahba, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez and Miral Shihata (2022). Business, Government, and the SDGs: The Role of Public-Private Engagement in Building a Sustainable Future. Palgrave MacMillan.

Wahba, Sameh N. (2022). The Elusive Quest for Affordable Housing: Five Principles of a Comprehensive Approach. In Brears, Robert (Ed). The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Futures. Palgrave MacMillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51812-7_341-1

Wahba, Sameh (2022). Can cities bounce back better from COVID-19? Reflections from emerging post-pandemic recovery plans and trade-offs. Environment and Urbanization, Vol. 34, Issue 2, October 2022. DOI: 10.1177/09562478221102867

Wahba, Sameh, Maitreyi Das and Yuna Chun (2022). Building Back Stronger: Urban Resilience through Post-Conflict Reconstruction. Columbia University, Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 74, No.1, Fall/Winter 2022. [Available at: https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/building-back-stronger-urban-resilience-through-post-conflict-reconstruction]

Wahba, S., Lall, S., and Lee, H. (2022). Infrastructure and the Poor. In Gómez-Ibáñez, Jose A., and Zhi Liu (eds). Infrastructure Economics and Policy: International Perspectives. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, pp.59-87

Wahba, Sameh and Yuna Chun (2021). Orange is the New Color for City Competitiveness: The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Cultural and Creative Industries. Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal.  Vol. 15, No. 2, 136-149

Lall, Somik V. and Sameh Wahba (2021). Crowded Cities: New Methodology in COVID-19 Risk Assessment. Sustainability. Vol. 13, 7167. https:// doi.org/10.3390/su13137167

Bhardwaj, Gaurav, Thomas Esch, Somik Lall, Mattia Marconcini, Maria Edisa Soppelsa and Sameh Wahba (2020). Cities, crowding and the coronavirus: Predicting contagion risk hotspots. Washington, DC: World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33648

Kaw, Jon Kher, Hyunji Lee, and Sameh Wahba, eds (2020). The Hidden Wealth of Cities: Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces. Washington, DC: World Bank. https:// doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1449-5

White, Roland and Sameh Wahba (2019). Addressing Constraints to Financing Urban (Climate) Infrastructure in Developing Countries. International Journal for Urban Sustainable Development. https:// doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2018.1559970                                                                       

Lead Author: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; The World Bank (2018). Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery. Paris: UNESCO. [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30733 License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.]                                                                       

Amirtahmasebi, Rana, Orloff, Mariana, Wahba, Sameh and Altman, Andy (2016). Regenerating Urban Land: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leveraging Private Investment. Urban Development Series. Washington, DC: World Bank. doi: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0473-1

Faculty Fellow

Richard Weller

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Professor

Co-Founder, The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology

About

Richard Weller is the Martin and Margy Meyerson Chair of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. Throughout his career he has worked simultaneously as an academic and a consultant specializing in the formative stages of projects ranging from gardens to plazas, memorials, museums, suburbs and waterfronts. He is former director of the design firm Room 4.1.3 and the Australian Urban Design Research Center. His research projects have involved scenario planning for cities, megaregions and nations. His current research concerns urbanization in the world’s biodiversity hotspots. In over 30 years practice he has received a consistent stream of international design competition awards at all scales of landscape architecture and urban design. He has published 4 books and over 90 single-authored papers. Weller sits on the board of the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) in Washington and is the founder and Creative Director of the interdisciplinary journal of landscape architecture LA+. A devoted teacher, he was honored with an Australian National Teaching Award in 2012 for “sustained commitment to inspiring and enabling students to engage creatively and critically with complex design problems.” He teaches in three subject areas: advanced design studios at all scales, urban design history and theory, and historical and contemporary ideas of Nature. Weller’s designs, research and writing can be found here.

Selected Publications

Weller, Richard. 2017. “Atlas for the End of the World.” http://atlas-for-the-end-of-the-world.com/.

Weller, Richard. 2014. “Stewardship now? Reflections on Landscape Architecture’s raison d’être in the 21st century.” Landscape Journal 33(2).

Weller, Richard. 2013. Made in Australia: The Future of Australian Cities. UWA Publishing.

Weller, Richard. 2009. Boomtown 2050: Scenarios for a Rapidly Growing City. UWA Publishing.

Weller, Richard. 2005. Room 4.1.3: Innovations in Landscape Architecture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. 

Penn IUR Scholar

Kathleen Wolf

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Research Social Scientist, College of the Environment, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

About

Kathleen Wolf is Research Social Scientist in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington. Wolf’s studies are based on the fundamental principles of environmental psychology; her professional mission is to discover, understand and communicate human behavior and benefits, as people experience nature in cities and towns. Her research into the human dimensions of open space, urban forestry, and natural systems explores the costs, benefits, and potential ecosystem services of nearby nature. Studies have included perceptions of urban forestry in retail and commercial districts, the integration of urban nature and transportation systems, the human health and wellness benefits associated with the experience of nature, and effective integration of science and policy through technology transfer. She has collaborated with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific NW Research Station to develop a program on urban natural resources stewardship, and is a research advisor to the TKF Foundation. An overview of Wolf’s research programs can be found at www.naturewithin.info; additional research findings on Green Cities: Good Health are at www.greenhealth.washington.edu.

 

Selected Publications

Wolf, K.L. 2014. Greening the City for Health. Communities & Banking, 25(1): 10-12.

Wolf, K.L. 2014. City Trees and Consumer Response in Retail Business Districts. In Handbook of Research on Retailer-Consumer Relationship Development, F. Musso, and E. Druica, eds. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Wolf, K. L. 2013. Why Do We Need Trees? Let’s Talk About Ecosystem Services. Arborist News, 22(4): 32-35.

Wolf, Kathleen. 2012. Economics of City Trees. Sitelines: Landscape Architecture in British Columbia, October: 14-17.

Wolf, K. L., and L.E. Kruger. 2010. Urban Forestry Research Needs: A Participatory Assessment Process. Journal of Forestry, 108(1): 39-44.

Wolf, K. L. 2008. Metro Nature Services: Functions, Benefits and Values, 294-315. In Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century, S.M. Wachter and E.L. Birch, eds.  Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

 

Penn IUR Scholar

Laura Wolf-Powers

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Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy, Hunter College

About

Laura Wolf-Powers is an Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Policy at Hunter College. She has served on the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania (2008-2015) and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (2002-2007), and from 2005-2007, she also chaired the graduate programs in planning, environmental management and historic preservation at Pratt Institute. Her work, which focuses on the institutional politics of neighborhood and city redevelopment and on the influence of policy interventions on metropolitan labor markets, has been published in leading city planning and urban studies journals.  She is currently working on The Good Neighborhood: Community Development since the Mortgage Crisis, a book that draws on case studies in Philadelphia and Newark to understand the conflicted state of community revitalization efforts in the United States since the deflation of the housing bubble in 2008. 

Selected Publications

Wolf-Powers, Laura. “Community benefits agreements and local government: A review of recent evidence.” Journal of the American Planning Association 76.2 (2010): 141-159.

Nelson, Marla, and Laura Wolf-Powers. “Chains and ladders: exploring the opportunities for workforce development and poverty reduction in the hospital sector.” Economic Development Quarterly (2009).

Wolf-Powers, Laura. “9 Keeping counterpublics alive in planning1.” Searching for the just city: Debates in urban theory and practice (2009): 161.

Wolf-Powers, Laura. “Expanding Planning’s Public Sphere: STREET Magazine, Activist Planning, and Community Development in Brooklyn, New York, 1971-1975.” Journal of Planning Education and Research (2008).

Wolf-Powers, Laura. “Up-Zoning New York City’s Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Property-Led Economic Development and the Anatomy of a Planning Dilemma.” Journal of Planning Education and Research 24.4 (2005): 379-393.

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