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Rapid Urbanization

Penn IUR explores the topic of rapid urbanization—both understanding how cities create and transfer knowledge and identifying policy interventions to support rapidly urbanizing cities.

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Rapid Urbanization

Penn IUR explores the topic of rapid urbanization—both understanding how cities create and transfer knowledge and identifying policy interventions to support rapidly urbanizing cities.

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Rapid Urbanization

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James Kwame Mensah Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Administration, University of Ghana Business School Eugénie L. Birch Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education Susan Wachter Albert Sussman Professor of Real Estate and Professor of Finance
Article September 27, 2023
Powering the Slum II: Alternative Sources of Energy in Accra’s Informal Settlements
Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
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Mar 13 2024 Past Event Powering the Slum: Exploring Alternatives Forms of Energy for Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization Research Paper August 5, 2014 Feeding Cities: Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World This report stems from the Feeding Cities: Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World conference held at the University of Pennsylvania March 13–15, 2013. Eugénie L. Birch Alexander Keating Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization Article December 10, 2019 Shareholder Cities: Land Transformation Along Urban Corridors in India Urban Development Feb 09 2023 Past Event China Urbanizing: Book Talk and Panel Discussion Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
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Book April 13, 2016 Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work shows that unauthorized settlements in rapidly growing cities are not divorced from market forces; rather, they must be understood as complex environments where state policies and market actors still do play a role. Eugénie L. Birch Shahana Chattaraj Susan Wachter Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Book March 7, 2011 Global Urbanization Global Urbanization surveys essential dimensions of urban growth and begins to formulate a global urban agenda for the next half century. Susan Wachter Eugénie L. Birch Rapid Urbanization

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