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Article January 25, 2017 Expert Voices 2017: America's Urban Infrastructure In his inauguration speech, President Trump characterized America's infrastructure as having “fallen into disrepair and decay” and promised to “build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways.” Similarly, over the course of the presidential campaign, Trump vowed to develop "the next generation" of American infrastructure and "send new skyscrapers soaring." We asked more than a dozen urban experts: In your view, what should the United States do about urban infrastructure? Eugénie L. Birch Angela Glover Blackwell Paul C. Brophy Gilles Duranton Erick Guerra John Landis Howard Neukrug Megan Ryerson Saskia Sassen Frederick Steiner Sarah Rosen Wartell Susan Wachter Richard Voith Mark Zandi Urban Development

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

Fellow Angela Glover Blackwell

Professor of Practice, and Chief Vision Officer Democracy Policy Initiative, The Goldman School, University of California, Berkeley Founder in Residence, PolicyLink

Emerging Scholar Xiaoxia (Summer) Dong

Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania

Urban Development

Article March 8, 2016 Urban Universities and Innovation In this issue of Urban Link, we explore the relationship between urban anchor institutions—in particular higher education institutions— and innovation. Anchor Institutions

Emerging Scholar Daniel Suh

Data Scientist, Consumer Data Analytics Team, Nike

Urban Development

Article March 19, 2015 Feeding Urban Communities: A Look at Disparities in Food Access and Nutritional Consumption Penn IUR Emerging Scholar Jesse Handbury writes about how large nutritional disparities exist across different socioeconomic groups in the United States. Jessie Handbury Anchor Institutions

Fellow Janice Perlman

President, The Mega-Cities Project, Inc.

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2

Initiatives March 18, 2014 Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) In partnership with the Taiwan Institute for Economic Research (TIER), Penn IUR worked to develop and maintain a knowledge-sharing platform (KSP) for the Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Working Group (EWG). Eugénie L. Birch Albert T. Han Joseph Su Climate Change & Resilience

Frederick Steiner leaning against tree arms crossed

Faculty Fellow Frederick Steiner

Dean and Paley Professor, Weitzman School of Design Faculty Co-Director, The McHarg Center

Urban Development

Fellow Michael Replogle

Principal and Owner, Replogle Consulting Founder and Director Emeritus, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Scholar Marina Peterson

Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Fellow Sheela Patel

Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3

Fellow Andrew F. Haughwout

Deputy Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Urban Development Housing + 1

Scholar Harris M. Steinberg

Executive Director, Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Drexel University

Urban Development

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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

Faculty Fellow Jonathan Barnett

Professor Emeritus of Practice, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design

Urban Development

Article August 1, 2013 Benchmarking: Using Data to Make Buildings More Energy Efficient Buildings—particularly large commercial buildings and multi-family residential buildings—are a significant source of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Climate Change & Resilience

Article April 10, 2013 How Philanthropy Responds to Critical Issues of Food Security in a Rapidly Urbanizing World In 2013, the Rockefeller Foundation’s one-hundredth year, we have been deeply analyzing the issues and strengths that defined our first century. Rapid Urbanization Anchor Institutions

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