Economic Development

Article November 11, 2018 Flood Risk and Community Resiliency Flooding is the most frequent and costliest natural disaster in the United States. Scientists predict more serious flood losses in the future due to the combined forces of increasing development in areas subject to flooding and climate changes, including both changing storm and precipitation patterns and sea level rise. Susan Wachter Carolyn Kousky Michael LaCour-Little Climate Change & Resilience
Visiting Scholar Yun-Myong (Yunnis) Yi
Urban Development
Research Paper November 1, 2018 Flood Risk and the U.S. Housing Market Carolyn Kousky Susan Wachter Michael LaCour-Little Housing State & Local Finance
Article October 22, 2018 The Fragility of Growth in a Post-Industrial City Jeremy Nowak writes about the fragility of growth in post industrial cities. Urban Development
Newsletter October 1, 2018 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2018 Urban Development
Annual Report October 1, 2018 Penn IUR 2017-18 Annual Report: Building Bridges: Research To Practice Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Elizabeth Bynum
Senior Research and Engagement Manager, Digital Benefits Network, Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Georgetown University
Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Sisi Liang
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University of China Vice Dean, School of Architecture
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Scholar David Arthur Skeel
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law, Penn Carey Law School
State & Local Finance
Article August 27, 2018 New Ideas in Urban Research 2018: Research Questions and Findings from Penn IUR’s Emerging Scholars and 2018 Urban Doctoral Recipients Penn IUR is invested in supporting and encouraging a new generation of urban scholars who are identifying and pursuing research questions related to urbanization. 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 2018 degree recipients—on issues they are pursuing in their research. Urban Development
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Fellow Sidney Wong
Senior Advisor, Econsult Solutions, Inc
Urban Development State & Local Finance
Article February 21, 2018 Penn: Current Research on Sustainable Urban Development Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Research Paper February 7, 2018 A Case for Strengthening Evidence-Based Understanding of Refugee Integration Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper February 7, 2018 Spaces of Collective Representation: Urban Growth, Democracy, and Political Inclusion Lisa Mitchell Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper February 7, 2018 Consurbanism: Sustainable Urban Development as if Culture and the Inherited Environment Really Mattered Randall Mason Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper February 7, 2018 The United Nations: Local Authorities in Four Frameworks Ian Klaus Russell Singer State & Local Finance
Research Paper February 7, 2018 Achieving a Win-Win: Tweaking the U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program to Maximize Immigrants’ Potential and Improve Immigrant Quality Onoso Imoagene Urban Development
Research Paper February 7, 2018 Putting Energy into Implementation: Challenges to Subnational Participation in SDG 7 Mark Alan Hughes Cornelia Colijn Climate Change & Resilience
Research Paper February 7, 2018 Climate Justice and Right to the City Daniel Aldana Cohen Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper February 7, 2018 The Changing Landscape of Climate Governance: The Role of Cities as Political Actors and Policy Implementers William Burke-White Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

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