International

Fellow Sheela Patel
Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3
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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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Book December 4, 2011 Global Downtowns Global Downtowns reconsiders one of the defining features of urban life—the energy and exuberance that characterize downtown areas—within a framework of contemporary globalization and change. Marina Peterson Gary McDonough Rapid Urbanization

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