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Videos September 10, 2024 What would it take to make Galapagos tourist resilient? Penn IUR collaborated on this short video animated by Connie Pan, Ejun Hong, Elon Vedomey, Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho, as part of Simon Richter and Joshua Mosley's Penn Research as Animation Lab. The video asks what it would take to make the Galapagos tourist resilient and explores new infrastructure to enable the Galapagos to deal with climate change and bucket-list tourism. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Initiatives August 26, 2024 City Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative (C2IFI) C2IFI is an initiative of Penn IUR and Perry World House to enable mayors to create inclusive and prosperous cities by locking in climate-resilient infrastructure investments that yield economic, social and environmental benefits for decades. Eugénie L. Birch Amanda Lloyd Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Emerging Scholar Boqian Xu

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Emerging Scholar Chris Quattro

Assistant Professor of Geography and Planning, Appalachian State University

Urban Development

Gallery December 12, 2023 2023 Photography Contest: Urban Nature Penn IUR is pleased to announce the winner of its 8th Annual Photography Contest: “Wetland for All” by Amitava Chandra. Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Ryan Gross

PhD Candidate, Statistics and Data Science Department, Wharton School

Urban Development State & Local Finance

Affiliated PhD Student Rachel Bondra

Fellow in the Initiative in the History of the Built Environment Doctoral Student in City and Regional Planning

Urban Development

Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith

PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Fellow Eleni "Lenio" Myrivili

Global Chief Heat Officer, UN Habitat

Climate Change & Resilience

Mar 21 2023 Past Event Decarbonization and Urban Institutions Climate Change & Resilience Anchor Institutions

Research Paper March 2, 2023 State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2023: Time to Assess - Summary for Local Policymakers Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Publication November 17, 2022 Penn IUR Events Address Extreme Heat and Air Quality Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Tayeba Batool

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Oct 13 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Four Metropolitan Ecologies for Mexico City Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 12 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Measuring Philly's Heat and Air Quality: Organizer and Community Leader Perspectives Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Robert Levinthal

Doctoral Candidate, City and Regional Planning

Climate Change & Resilience

Nov 17 2021 Past Event Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi Urban Development

Research Paper October 20, 2021 #GalápagosGoesGreen: Galápagos Green Mobility Strategy Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Article August 19, 2021 “Civic Engagement” Photo Contest Winners As part of the University’s 2020-2021 academic theme year, Penn IUR held a photo contest on civic engagement in cities around the world. Participants were asked to capture the ways that urban community engagement has adapted to altered social circumstances and working conditions amid a year of unprecedented public need.

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