Penn Press Book Series: The City in the 21st Century

Launched in 2005 and published in collaboration with Penn Press, The City in the Twenty-First Century is an interdisciplinary series that publishes work addressing urban architecture, economics, history, planning, political science, sociology, and urban design.
Book April 30, 2024
Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens
In Equality and the City, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño draws on his experience as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space.
Enrique Peñalosa
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Book November 14, 2024 Urban Sustainable Development: Governance, Finance, and Politics Urban Sustainable Development: Governance, Finance, and Politics addresses the critical challenges of promoting sustainable growth in rapidly expanding cities. Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
Equality and the City by Enrique Peñalosa Londoño book cover
Book April 30, 2024 Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens In Equality and the City, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño draws on his experience as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space. Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development
Underground by Bruce O'Neill book cover
Book April 26, 2024 Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest Underground moves beneath Romania’s capital, Bucharest, to examine how the demands of global accumulation have extended urban life beneath city sidewalks. Bruce O'Neill Urban Development
Cover of the book New Towns in the Twenty-First Century
Book December 16, 2020 New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide Richard Peiser Ann Forsyth Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Cover of Perspectives on Fair Housing
Book October 19, 2020 Perspectives on Fair Housing Vincent Reina Wendell Pritchett Susan Wachter Housing
Cover of Street Commerce
Book September 16, 2020 Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks A comprehensive analysis of the issues involved in planning for and facilitating successful street commerce Andres Sevtsuk Urban Development
Cover of Life Among Urban Planners
Book September 16, 2020 Life Among Urban Planners: Practice, Professionalism, and Expertise in the Making of the City A collection of ethnographic case studies of urban planners and their practices Jennifer Mack Michael Herzfeld Urban Development
Cover of How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development
Book September 16, 2020 How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development A collection of international case studies that demonstrate the importance of ideas to urban political development Richardson Dilworth Timothy P. R. Weaver Urban Development
Cover of Shareholder Cities
Book October 25, 2019 Shareholder Cities Land Transformations Along Urban Corridors in India Sai Balakrishnan Urban Development State & Local Finance
Cover of Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change
Book August 23, 2019 Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change Urban Development
Cover of Transforming the Urban University
Book May 22, 2019 Transforming the Urban University Richard Freeland Urban Development
Cover of Smarter Growth
Book October 22, 2018 Smarter Growth: Activism and Environmental Policy in Metropolitan Washington John H. Spiers argues that metropolitan Washington, D.C. laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century John H. Spiers Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Cover of Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization
Book July 6, 2017 Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States In Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States, edited by Domenic Vitiello and Thomas J. Sugrue, write that in the past decade, policy makers and scholars across the United States have come to understand that immigrants are driving metropolitan revitalization at least as much and belong at the center of the story. Immigrants have repopulated central city neighborhoods and older suburbs, reopening shuttered storefronts and boosting housing and labor markets, in every region of the United States. Domenic Vitiello Thomas J. Sugrue Urban Development
Cover of Governing the Fragmented Metropolis
Book December 13, 2016 Governing the Fragmented Metropolis Christina D. Rosan observes that policy-makers and scholars have long agreed that we need metropolitan governance, but they have debated the best approach. Christina D. Rosan Anchor Institutions
Cover of Principles of Housing Finance Reform
Book December 13, 2016 Principles of Housing Finance Reform Susan Wachter Joseph Tracy Housing
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Book April 13, 2016 Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work Large numbers of people in urbanizing regions in the developing world live and work in unplanned settlements that grow through incremental processes of squatting and self-building. Eugénie L. Birch Shahana Chattaraj Susan Wachter Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Cover of Shared Prosperity in America's Communities
Book March 8, 2016 Shared Prosperity in America's Communities Shared Prosperity in America's Communities, in the City in the 21st Century Book Series, authored by Susan M. Wachter and Lei Ding, examines this place-based disparity of opportunity and suggests what can be done to ensure that the benefits of economic growth are widely shared. Susan Wachter Lei Ding Urban Development
Cover of Public Pensions and City Solvency
Book February 10, 2016 Public Pensions and City Solvency Underfunded pension liabilities threaten the fiscal stability of many cities. While Detroit's bankruptcy has dominated the headlines, the problem is widespread. Susan Wachter Urban Development State & Local Finance
Cover of How Real Estate Developers Think
Book May 18, 2015 How Real Estate Developers Think Penn IUR Scholar Peter Hendee Brown writes about real estate development business in Chicago, Miami, Portland (Oregon), and the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Peter Hendee Brown Housing
Cover of Policy, Planning and People
Book January 1, 2013 Policy, Planning, and People Promoting Justice in Urban Development The contributors of Policy, Planning, and People argue for the promotion of social equity and quality of life by designing and evaluating urban policies and plans. Naomi Carmon Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Cover of Revitalizing American Cities
Book January 1, 2013 Revitalizing American Cities Small and mid-sized cities played a key role in the Industrial Revolution in the United States as hubs for the shipping, warehousing, and distribution of manufactured products. Susan Wachter Urban Development
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Book January 1, 2013 Ed Bacon: Planning, Politics and the Building of Modern Philadelphia As Americans abandoned city centers to pursue visions of suburbia, architect and urban planner Edmund Bacon turned his sights on shaping urban America. Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Cover of Locked in, Locked Out
Book January 1, 2013 Locked In, Locked Out: Gated Communities in a Puerto Rican City In November 1993, the largest public housing project in the Puerto Rican city of Ponce—the second largest public housing authority in the U.S. federal system—became a gated community. Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores Housing
Cover of Design after Decline
Book December 15, 2012 Design After Decline: How America Rebuilds Shrinking Cities Almost fifty years ago, America's industrial cities—Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and others—began shedding people and jobs. Brent D. Ryan Rapid Urbanization
Cover of Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America
Book March 17, 2012 Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America Education, long the key to opportunity in the United States, has become simply essential to earning a decent living. Laura Perna

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