Economic Development

Article February 1, 2014 Historical Vitality of Cities Cities are, fundamentally, the people within them. It is people who envision and implement change. Thus, the route to urban vitality lies in adopting policies that help people to thrive and to innovate; Rapid Urbanization
Publication February 1, 2014 Urban Link, Volume 2014, Issue 2 Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Article January 1, 2014 Expert Voices 2014: Penn IUR Celebrates 10 Years What is the role of the city in sustainable growth in the twenty-first century? Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter November 15, 2013 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2013 Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance
Article October 1, 2013 Anchor Institutions in the Northeast Megaregion Anchor Institutions
Article September 1, 2013 Civic Arbitrage: Unlocking the Value of Urban Assets In 1950, Philadelphia reached its maximum population of just over 2 million residents. In the decades before 1950, Philadelphia invested heavily in an infrastructure needed to support a city that would continue to grow. State & Local Finance
Publication August 17, 2013 Urban Link, Volume 2013, Issue 6 Urban Development
Newsletter May 15, 2013 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2013 State & Local Finance Urban Development
Article May 1, 2013 Safe and Healthy Places Are Made, Not Born Charles Branas writes that interest in health and safety programs that focus on improving the places people live, work, and play has grown over the past decade. Climate Change & Resilience Anchor Institutions
Research Paper March 17, 2013 Transforming Cities: Visions of a Better Future Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization + 1
Research Paper March 17, 2013 Ballparks as Urban Anchors: Livingston Case Studies in Urban Development Eugénie L. Birch Cara Griffin Chau Lam Anchor Institutions
Research Paper March 17, 2013 Arts and Culture Institutions as Urban Anchors: Livingston Case Studies in Urban Development Eugénie L. Birch Cara Griffin Amanda Johnson Jonathon Stover Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Annual Report January 1, 2013 Penn IUR Annual Report, 2012-13 Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Book January 1, 2013 Locked In, Locked Out: Gated Communities in a Puerto Rican City In November 1993, the largest public housing project in the Puerto Rican city of Ponce—the second largest public housing authority in the U.S. federal system—became a gated community. Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores Housing
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Book January 1, 2013 Policy, Planning, and People Promoting Justice in Urban Development The contributors of Policy, Planning, and People argue for the promotion of social equity and quality of life by designing and evaluating urban policies and plans. Naomi Carmon Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Book December 15, 2012 Design After Decline: How America Rebuilds Shrinking Cities Almost fifty years ago, America's industrial cities—Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Baltimore, and others—began shedding people and jobs. Brent D. Ryan Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter November 15, 2012 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2012 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Publication August 31, 2012 Penn IUR Annual Report, 2011-12 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Research Paper August 15, 2012 An Assessment of How Cities Create and Transfer Knowledge: A Landscape Study Eugénie L. Birch Susan Wachter Alexander
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Keating Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter May 19, 2012 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2012 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

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