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Research Paper October 28, 2024
Forbearance Worked during Covid-19. Does it Always?
Forbearance worked during Covid-19, but does it always? The authors build on recent literature to show the efficacy of forbearance policies during Covid-19--an unexpected outcome.
Andrey D. Pavlov Susan Wachter
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Article May 9, 2023 The Effects of Neighborhood Investments on Public Safety Housing Anchor Institutions
Article May 8, 2023 Transforming the Asian Motorcycle City? Evaluating the Travel and Urban Development Effects of Mass Rapid Transit in Taipei, Taiwan Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Article April 10, 2023 A Day in the Life of a Penn IUR Undergraduate Fellow: DC Trip Edition Anchor Institutions
Research Paper March 15, 2023 Assessing Nature-based Solution Investments for Urban Resilience Research Supplement to State of Nature for Cities: Time to Assess Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Amanda Lloyd Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Article March 14, 2023 Celebrating 50 Volumes in Penn IUR - Penn Press Book Series
Newsletter March 13, 2023 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2023 Urban Development Anchor Institutions
Research Paper March 2, 2023 State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2023: Time to Assess - Summary for Local Policymakers Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance
Article February 14, 2023 Rooted in Research: Greening Cities for Health, Safety, and Well-Being Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Article February 13, 2023 The Forum on Urban Informality Continues to Build a Community of Practice Urban Development
Article January 13, 2023 Expert Voices 2023: Landmark Legislation, New Opportunities To begin every new year, we publish a special issue of Urban Link for which we ask urban experts to reflect on a question of importance to cities. This year, we asked: How should city leaders take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to address pressing urban challenges such as climate change, economic disparities, and racial justice? Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Research Paper December 1, 2022 Policy Brief: How Remote Work is Affecting Real Estate Markets Work from home (wfh) disrupted real estate markets globally during the pandemic and continues to do so. Geographic shifts in the use of space are already causing a repricing of commercial and residential real estate. Longterm, the increasing prevalence of remote work is likely to result in more dispersed urban settlement patterns. Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
Publication November 29, 2022 How Philly can stay ahead of the curve in addressing climate change Climate Change & Resilience
Publication November 20, 2022 Cities Brace for Inflation, Recession as Infrastructure Needs Multiply State & Local Finance
Publication November 17, 2022 Penn IUR Events Address Extreme Heat and Air Quality Climate Change & Resilience
Article November 17, 2022 Faculty Spotlight: Jamaal Green Urban Development
Research Paper November 1, 2022 Civitas Novus: The Guangzhao - Penn IUR Urban Innovation Assessment The aim of the Guangzhou Penn IUR urban innovation assessment is to catalyze urban transformation by helping leaders evaluate systemic innovation as a set of competencies that can be applied holistically to a wide range of urban challenges. Rapid Urbanization State & Local Finance
Article October 17, 2022 Wanted: A New Paradigm for Understanding Nature-Based Solutions in Cities in the Climate Change Fight Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Annual Report October 17, 2022 Align Adapt Accelerate: 2021-2022 Penn IUR Annual Report Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Article September 19, 2022 Penn IUR Faculty Fellows’ Summer Research Advances Urban Water Management How to sustainably manage urban water? That question took Penn IUR Faculty Fellows to cities like Pittsburgh, where improving water quality and access are critical issues; to the Netherlands, where 93 percent of the population lives in urban areas and all are at risk of rising seas; and to Malawi, where innovative methods of measuring climate adaptation may one day be applied to cities around the world. Climate Change & Resilience
Article September 19, 2022 Inequities in Housing Spur Multi-Faceted Response Despite the enactment of the Fair Housing Act in 1968, racial disparities in American homeownership rates persist and have even widened over the past half century. To address this problem and present information on a raft of federal and local initiatives to close the gaps, Penn Institute for Urban Research, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and Urban Institute co-hosted a three-part series of webinars this summer, entitled Advancing Homeownership Opportunity to Narrow Racial Disparities. Housing
Article September 19, 2022 Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership Penn IUR Welcomes 2022-23 Fellows in Urban Leadership. Anchor Institutions
Newsletter July 1, 2022 Penn IUR Newsletter, Summer 2022 Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Article May 26, 2022 New Ideas in Urban Research 2022 As is our custom at Penn IUR, we dedicate this issue of the Urban Link to celebrate and highlight Penn’s graduating doctoral students who have created new urban-related knowledge through their research. Housing State & Local Finance + 1
Publication May 26, 2022 City Mutable: The United States Census Bureau’s Quest to Define the City, 1850-1930 The idea that the population of the United States first became majority urban in 1920 has been repeated so often that it has become “fact,” uncritically reprinted in high school textbooks, academic works, reports of major research organizations, popular urbanist nonfiction, and more. However, this widely accepted “fact” warrants a reevaluation. What does the word urban mean and who defined it? Urban Development
Publication May 26, 2022 Mismeasuring Risk: The Welfare Effects of Flood Risk Information Rapidly improving data and models are giving homeowners more information about their disaster risk while also increasing insurance premiums for the highest risk homes. I study the economic consequences of using better flood risk models to more accurately identify and price flood insurance for high-risk homes. State & Local Finance

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