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Fellow Sheela Patel
Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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Scholar Scott Gabriel Knowles
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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Faculty Fellow Domenic Vitiello
Professor of City Planning and Urban Studies, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design
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Faculty Fellow Heather Sharkey
Professor of Modern Middle Eastern and North African History, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, School of Arts and Sciences
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Randall Mason
Professor of Historic Preservation and City and Regional Planning, Historic Preservation and City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design Chair, Department of Historic Preservation
Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow John Jackson, Jr.
Provost, University of Pennsylvania Richard Perry University Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and School of Arts and Sciences
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Faculty Fellow Ira Harkavy
Barbara and Edward Netter Director, Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Netter Center for Community Partnerships
Anchor Institutions
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Faculty Fellow Andrea Goulet
"Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Francophone, Italian, & Germanic Studies, School of Arts and Sciences
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Faculty Fellow Gilles Duranton
Dean's Chair in Real Estate Professor, Real Estate, The Wharton School
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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Book February 4, 2011 My Storm: Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina Edward J. Blakely has been called upon to help rebuild after some of the worst disasters in recent American history. Edward J. Blakeley Rapid Urbanization

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