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Article April 19, 2017 The New Urban Crisis Richard Florida writes that Donald Trump’s thinking about cities is a product of the old urban crisis of the 1960s and ‘70s - the staggeringly high rates of crime and poverty, economic and social dysfunction, and fiscal collapse that he witnessed in his native New York in the early years of his career. But, his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton is a product of the backlash against what I have come to call the New Urban Crisis of burgeoning economic inequality--the widening divides between rich and poor; the staggering unaffordability of housing in our leading cities, tech hubs, and knowledge-centers like New York, LA, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, and Washington DC. Richard Florida

Research Paper February 16, 2017 U.S.-Japan Grassroots Exchange Program, 2016 Penn IUR published the Year 2 report for the US-Japan Grassroots Exchange program. Laura Barron Climate Change & Resilience

Research Paper February 15, 2017 Housing and Opportunity Housing and Opportunity is a policy brief by Arthur Acolin and Susan Wachter. Susan Wachter Arthur Acolin Housing

Newsletter January 23, 2017 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2017 Penn IUR Spring 2017 Newsletter Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Lisa Servon

Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design

Article December 13, 2016 Principles of Housing Finance Reform: The Imperative of Rebuilding the System In the fall of 2008, the world watched in horror as the U.S. housing finance system shattered, triggering a global financial panic and ultimately the Great Recession. Now, nearly a decade later, the long and slow recovery has reached a critical moment. Joseph Tracy Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance

Article November 16, 2016 Reflections on Habitat III: A Hopeful Future for Sustainable Urban Development The University of Pennsylvania sent a 24-member delegation to Habitat III. Among them were Penn IUR Advisory Board member Paul Farmer, faculty members: Stefan Al (City and Regional Planning), William Burke-White (Richard Perry Professor of Law and Director, Perry World House); Mark Alan Hughes (City and Regional Planning, Director, Kleinman Center); Wendell Pritchett (Presidential Professor of Law); Eduardo Rojas (Historic Preservation, School of Design); Daniel Aldana Cohen (Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences); and nine doctoral students from the Graduate Group in City and Regional Planning. Below are reflections from the delegation about their experiences and the challenges ahead. Eugénie L. Birch William Burke-White Mark Alan Hughes Wendell Pritchett Mary Rocco Chandan Deuskar Chaeri Kim Patricio Zambrano David Stanek Urban Development

Research Paper October 18, 2016 Atlas for the End of the World: Mapping that Recognizes Interdependence of People and Conservation Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization

Article October 18, 2016 Atlas for the End of the World Richard Weller writes about the importance for mapping that links people and conservation in the "Atlas for the End of the World". Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization

Newsletter October 4, 2016 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2016 Penn IUR Fall 2016 Newsletter Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

Research Paper September 29, 2016 Reinventing Our Communities: Transforming Our Economies Rapid Urbanization Housing + 1

Research Paper September 29, 2016 Revamping Local and Regional Development through Place-Based Strategies Andrés Rodríguez-Pose Callum Wilkie State & Local Finance

Research Paper September 29, 2016 Opportunity and Housing Access Arthur Acolin Susan Wachter Housing

Research Paper September 29, 2016 Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works? Lance Freeman Jenny Schuetz, Housing

Research Paper September 20, 2016 Habitat III: The Quest for Sustainable Urban Development This article is jointly authored by Eugenie L. Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education, Department of City and Regional Planning, and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania; and Jane C.W. Vincent, Regional Administrator, Region III, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It was originally published in the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's journal, Cascade, No. 93, Fall 2016. The original article is available on the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's website. The article addresses Habitat III as an opportunity to think and act with a collective voice in the effort to create and sustain cities of opportunity. Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization

Research Paper September 13, 2016 Education Reform in the Post-NCLB Era: Lessons Learned for Transforming Urban Public Education Matthew Steinberg Rand Quinn Rapid Urbanization Housing + 1

Emerging Scholar Patricio Zambrano

Urban and Technology Strategist, Palantir Technologies

Urban Development

Fellow Aromar Revi

Co-Chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IHHS)

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2

Scholar Mark Willis

Senior Policy Fellow, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University

Urban Development Housing + 1

Annual Report August 31, 2016 Penn IUR 2015-16 Annual Report: Knowledge for an Urbanizing World Penn IUR Annual Report, 2015-16: Knowledge for an Urbanizing World Urban Development

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