Economic Development

Research Paper September 27, 2019 The Community Reinvestment Act at 40: Why Is It Still Necessary to “Lean” on Banks? Lawrence J. White State & Local Finance
Research Paper September 27, 2019 Who Lends Beyond the Red Line? The Community Reinvestment Act and the Legacy of Redlining Kevin A. Park Roberto G. Quercia State & Local Finance
Research Paper September 27, 2019 The Community Reinvestment Act: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Know? Laurie Goodman Jun Zhu John Walsh State & Local Finance
Newsletter September 19, 2019 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2019 State & Local Finance Urban Development
Research Paper September 18, 2019 The Future of the Community Reinvestment Act Susan Wachter Jacob Krimmel State & Local Finance
Article August 29, 2019 New Ideas in Urban Research 2019: Research Questions and Findings from Penn IUR’s Emerging Scholars and 2019 Doctoral Recipients For this month’s issue of Urban Link, we interviewed recent PhDs—Emerging Scholars, who are a few years into their careers, as well as Spring 2019 degree recipients—on issues they are pursuing in their research. Arthur Acolin James Kwame Mensah Ariadna Reyes-Sánchez Akira Drake Rodriguez Cameron Anglum James Morone Urban Development
Emerging Scholar James Morone
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Haverford College
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Scholar James Kwame Mensah
Associate Professor of Public Administration and Sustainable Development, University of Ghana Business School
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Research Paper June 29, 2019 Comparative Study of Urban Regeneration in the United States and South Korea: Philadelphia BIDs Eugénie L. Birch Amanda Lloyd Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Fellow Ira Goldstein
Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund
Urban Development Housing + 2
Article May 22, 2019 Eastern State Penitentiary: A Penn Class about the Past Speaks to the Present and the Future In a class on the Eastern State Penitentiary, taught by David Brownlee, 15 undergraduate and graduate students from Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences and Weitzman School explored a range of topics about the site’s management and mission, including strategic planning, interpretation of the site, program design, architectural planning and conservation, fund raising, and engagement with diverse constituencies and neighborhoods. Eugénie L. Birch
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Book May 22, 2019 Transforming the Urban University Richard Freeland Urban Development
Article May 22, 2019 Images of Urban Informality As part of its work on urban informality, Penn IUR hosted a photo contest on images of urban informality around the world. Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Article April 18, 2019 The Fair Housing Act at 50 Penn IUR Faculty Fellows Vincent Reina and Susan Wachter guest co-edited Cityscape Volume 21, Number 1 entitled “Symposium: The Fair Housing Act at 50.” The series of articles gathered for this special publication cumulatively show the importance of the Fair Housing Act and the many challenges that remain to truly achieve its original mandate. Below are some highlights from each piece. Vincent Reina Susan Wachter Housing Urban Development
Research Paper April 17, 2019 Race and Policy: 50 Years After the Fair Housing Act Vincent Reina Susan Wachter Housing
Article March 21, 2019 Urban Form, Transit Supply, and Travel Behavior in Mexico’s 100 Largest Urban Areas Erick Guerra writes about transportation modalities in Mexico's 100 largest urban areas. Erick Guerra Urban Development
Newsletter March 18, 2019 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2019 Urban Development
Article February 19, 2019 Cities’ Role in Climate Governance and Global Policy: A Dispatch from the Urban20 Jocelyn Perry and William Burke-White write about climate change and ask "who are the champions... and of what?" William Burke-White Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Desen Lin
Assistant Professor of Finance, California State University, Fullerton Managing Editor, SSRN Urban Research eJournal, Penn Institute for Urban Research
Urban Development Housing + 1
Article December 18, 2018 Can Rapidly Urbanizing Cities in Low and Moderate Income Countries Become Smarter? A flurry of attention to the varied applications labeled “smart cities”[is occurring with growing frequency. Many observers who once considered the use of advanced technology as the domain of high income places are now looking at its use more broadly (in low and moderate income places) and more “smartly” (adapted to local contexts and stakeholder needs). Eugénie L. Birch Richard Voith Susan Wachter Urban Development

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