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Oct 30 2025 Past Event City on the Brink: Environmental Movements in Mumbai Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Visiting Scholar Lu Ye
Professor, College of Architecture, Soochow University
Urban Development
Staff Kimberly Noronha
Post-Doctoral Fellow Penn IUR, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Apr 24 2025 Past Event Opportunities & Challenges of Climate Action Planning in Indian Cities: A Case of Mumbai City Speakers:  Lubaina Rangwala Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Emily Hannum
Professor of Sociology and Education and Associate Dean, Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences
Climate Change & Resilience
Nov 22 2024 Past Event Statecraft Urbanism: Building Garden City in Shenzhen Speakers:  Li Hou Urban Development
Sep 27 2024 Past Event Planning Healthy Cities in China Speakers:  Lan Wang Urban Development
Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Affiliated PhD Student Tiffany Minh Tran
PhD Student, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Emerging Scholar Bing-yu Chiu
Project Researcher, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo
Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Shengxio (Alex) Li
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Apr 09 2024 Past Event Vibrant Cities: Advancing Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Urban Development Urban Development
Feb 26 2024 Past Event The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad: Book Talk and Discussion Rapid Urbanization
Gallery December 12, 2023 2023 Photography Contest: Urban Nature Penn IUR is pleased to announce the winner of its 8th Annual Photography Contest: “Wetland for All” by Amitava Chandra. Climate Change & Resilience
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Scholar Qianyun Ji
Ph.D Candidate, Urban Planning and Design, Tsinghua University of China
Urban Development
Article May 9, 2023 Transforming China’s National New Areas towards Ecological Civilization Climate Change & Resilience
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
Apr 12 2023 Past Event Renewing Chinese Cities Urban Development
Feb 14 2023 Past Event Decarbonizing Cities with Smart City Technologies in Korea Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Feb 09 2023 Past Event China Urbanizing: Book Talk and Panel Discussion Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

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