Economic Development

Cover of The City After Abandonment
Book March 17, 2012 The City After Abandonment A number of U.S. cities, former manufacturing centers of the Northeast and Midwest, have suffered such dramatic losses in population and employment. June Manning Thomas Margaret Dewar Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Book March 14, 2012 Miami Transformed Six-year-old Manuel Diaz and his mother first arrived at Miami's airport in 1961 with little more than a dime for a phone call to their relatives in the Little Havana neighborhood. Manuel A. Diaz Rapid Urbanization State & Local Finance
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Book January 1, 2012 Making New York Dominican Large-scale emigration from the Dominican Republic began in the early 1960s, with most Dominicans settling in New York City. Since then the growth of the city's Dominican population has been staggering, now accounting for around 7 percent of the total populace. Christian Krohn-Hansen Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper November 1, 2011 The Shape of the New American City Eugénie L. Birch Susan Wachter Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter October 19, 2011 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2011 State & Local Finance Urban Development
Research Paper August 15, 2011 Human Capital-Centered Regionalism in Economic Development Laura Wolf-Powers Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Research Paper July 15, 2011 Measuring U.S. Sustainable Urban Development Eugénie L. Birch Stuart Andreason Amy Lynch Theodore Eisenman John Robinson Kenneth Steif Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper June 15, 2011 Sustainable Urban Development Indicators for the United States Amy Lynch Stuart Andreason Eugénie L. Birch Theodore Eisenman John Robinson Kenneth Steif Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization
Annual Report May 19, 2011 A Retrospective Report, 2004-2011 Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Newsletter May 19, 2011 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2011 Rapid Urbanization State & Local Finance
Cover of Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster
Book March 7, 2011 Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster Lessons from Hurricane Katrina This volume examines the rebuilding of cities and their environs after a disaster and focuses on four major issues. Eugénie L. Birch Susan Wachter Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Book March 7, 2011 Global Urbanization For the first time in history, the majority of the world's population lives in urban areas. Susan Wachter Eugénie L. Birch Rapid Urbanization
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Book March 7, 2011 Neighborhood and Life Chances How Place Matters in Modern America Does the place where you lived as a child affect your health as an adult? Susan Wachter Eugénie L. Birch Harriet B. Newburger Rapid Urbanization
Cover of The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform
Book March 7, 2011 The American Mortgage System Crisis and Reform Successful home ownership requires the availability of appropriate mortgage products. Susan Wachter Marvin M. Smith Housing State & Local Finance
Newsletter October 19, 2010 Penn IUR Newsletter, Fall 2010 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Newsletter May 19, 2010 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2010 Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Research Paper March 17, 2010 Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia: Land Use and Policy Study Susan Wachter Richard Voith Gregory Scruggs Lee Huang Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper March 17, 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Library: Livingston Case Studies In Urban Development (Part 1) Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions
Research Paper March 17, 2010 Vacant Land Management in Philadelphia: The Costs of the Current System and the Benefits of Reform Rapid Urbanization
Research Paper March 17, 2010 Anchor Institutions and their Role in Metropolitan Change Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions

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