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Podcasts March 28, 2024 Special Briefing: America's Hot Growth States Western and southern states including Idaho and Florida were among those growing the fastest from the eve of the pandemic in 2019 through 2022. But there were some surprises as well, with Delaware, Maine, and New Jersey also joining the Census Bureau’s hot growth list. While the ability of many Americans to move to low-tax states and work from home played a large role in the population shift, other factors may have been at play as well. Meanwhile, rapid population expansion will pose challenges in many of these states as they cope with enlarging school systems, updating infrastructure, and preparing communities for the impact of extreme weather conditions. Our expert panel will explore these issues and what they may portend for state and local finances. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Philip D. Murphy Alex Adams Tom Doe Torsten Slok Dr. Shatakshee Dhongde State & Local Finance

Mar 13 2024 Past Event Powering the Slum: Exploring Alternatives Forms of Energy for Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization

Publication December 12, 2023 COP28 Advances Urban Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change & Resilience

Sep 21 2023 Past Event Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith

PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Apr 19 2023 Past Event Providing Sustainable Heat Solutions to Urban Informal Settlements Climate Change & Resilience Rapid Urbanization

Gallery December 5, 2022 2022 Photography Contest: Thriving For the seventh year, Penn IUR held a photography contest to capture the experience of cities around the world. The theme in 2022, “Thriving,” drew attention to the resilience of urban places and people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Urban Development

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

Publication May 26, 2022 Rethinking the Heavy Hand of Flood Prevention in Informal Settlements: An Investigation of Retreat-Related Practices in the Philippines Researchers and decision-makers increasingly favor managed retreat as an adaptation to address urban floods exacerbated by climate impacts. In the informal settlements of the Global South, national governments, development banks, and other knowledge brokers choose relocation over slum upgrading in their retreat-related activities. They disproportionately relocate informal settlers—who lack legal land tenure— despite the fact that the risk profiles of many places is similar to those that the UN and other global bodies recommend in-situ climate-sensitive upgrade projects. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Apr 15 2022 Past Event Third Annual Wharton Future of Cities Conference Urban Development

Oct 29 2021 Past Event World Cities Day 2021: Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 28 2021 Past Event Korea City Renaissance Industry Expo 2021 Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 27 2021 Past Event Livable Cities

Research Paper October 20, 2021 The COVID-19 Recession: Which Urban Economies Have Performed Better or Worse and Why John Landis State & Local Finance

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

Sep 23 2021 Past Event Extreme Heat in Cities: The Silent Killer Climate Change & Resilience

Sep 23 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Clean Water, Better Broadband, Resilience, and Equity Climate Change & Resilience

Article August 19, 2021 Urban Innovation Essential to Achieve SDGs A new report suggests ways to support and accelerate the city-level innovation needed to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Jul 15 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on the Biden Infrastructure Plan: Resilience, Equity, and Federal Investment

Research Paper July 13, 2021 5th Guangzhou Award Report on Local Implementation of SDGs Climate Change & Resilience Housing + 1

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