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Newsletter September 3, 2024 Penn IUR newsletter, Fall 2024 The Penn Institute for Urban Research's biannual newsletter is a journal of record, activities and news. 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
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People Albert Zevlev
Assistant Professor of Finance, SDSU, Fowler College of Business, Finance Department
Housing
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Emerging Scholar Shengxio (Alex) Li
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Article May 21, 2024 Paris Meeting of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Commission for Urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Finance Marks A Year of Progress Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Announcement March 13, 2024 Penn IUR Announces the 2024 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Feb 26 2024 Past Event The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad: Book Talk and Discussion Rapid Urbanization
Publication December 12, 2023 COP28 Advances Urban Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change & Resilience
Article November 13, 2023 SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance Looks Ahead to COP28 Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance
Nov 13 2023 Past Event Private Cities in the Developing World: Has Their Time Come? Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
Article October 12, 2023 SDSN Global Commission on Urban SDG Finance Forges its Agenda at NYC Meeting State & Local Finance
Sep 22 2023 Past Event Uneven Access to Digital Tools and Tech in Low-Income Informal Communities Rapid Urbanization Urban Development
Sep 21 2023 Past Event Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places Climate Change & Resilience
Apr 12 2023 Past Event Renewing Chinese Cities Urban Development
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Affiliated PhD Student Tayeba Batool
Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Research Paper November 1, 2022 Civitas Novus: The Guangzhao - Penn IUR Urban Innovation Assessment The aim of the Guangzhou Penn IUR urban innovation assessment is to catalyze urban transformation by helping leaders evaluate systemic innovation as a set of competencies that can be applied holistically to a wide range of urban challenges. Rapid Urbanization State & Local Finance
Oct 13 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Four Metropolitan Ecologies for Mexico City Climate Change & Resilience
Article December 15, 2021 Penn IUR Undergraduate Urban Fellow Named Schwarzman Scholar Penn IUR Undergraduate Urban Fellow Daniel De La Concha won a prestigious Schwarzman scholarship, which fully funds a one-year master's degree in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Urban Development
Article November 17, 2021 Penn IUR's Research for South Korea Penn IUR is working with the Urban Sustainability Laboratory at the Washington-based Wilson Center, a convenor of comparative research with U.S and South Korean scholars and practitioners involving the Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) and the Land and Housing Institute (LHI) of South Korea. Housing Urban Development

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