Technology

Article May 26, 2022 Aging in Place or Stuck in Place? Transportation Planning for Older Americans in the Digital Era Decades-long transportation policies favoring vehicle owners have actually disadvantaged many older adults in their daily travel. To date, studies and policies specifically addressing older adults’ travel needs have not kept pace with the increasing number and diversity of the aging population. My research addresses these gaps by examining the interaction of the built environment, travel behavior, and technology usage among older adults in the United States. Shengxiao (Alex) Li Urban Development
Advisory Board Member Doug Hagan
President, Krytar
Anchor Institutions
Oct 12 2021 Past Event Data and Technology Ecosystems for Social Good
Article May 19, 2021 Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Spotlight: Ken Steif Penn IUR interviews Ken Steif, Program Director, Penn MUSA and Associate Professor of Practice, Department of City and Regional Planning, as part of its semi-annual spotlight on Penn IUR Faculty Fellows. Urban Development
Article February 18, 2021 Tracking the Recovery of Restaurants in U.S. Cities Using Cell Phone Data Penn IUR examines monthly visits to restuarants in selected urban counties per 1,000 residents in 2020, tracked using cell phone mobility data.
Advisory Board Member Jeffrey R. Poss
Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
State & Local Finance
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Fellow John Paul Farmer
Global Head of Public Sector, Stripe President, Tomorrow.City USA
Urban Development Anchor Institutions
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Faculty Fellow Zhongjie Lin
Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning
Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Emerging Scholar Joshua Davidson
Assistant Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Oberlin College
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Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter
Assistant Professor
Climate Change & Resilience
Affiliated PhD Student Wichinpong “Park” Sinchaisri
PhD Candidate in Operations, Information, and Decisions, School of Management, The Wharton School
Faculty Fellow Vijay Kumar
Nemirovsky Family Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Fellow Aromar Revi
Co-Chair of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IHHS)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
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Scholar Mark Willis
Senior Policy Fellow, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, New York University
Urban Development Housing + 1
Research Paper May 9, 2016 Educating Commercial Real Estate Brokers on Green Leasing / Energy Efficiency This project was sponsored by the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI), a program of the Department of Energy. CBEI was a five-year program tasked with bridging the technology, market dynamics, policy, and human behavior in order to reduce energy used by the commercial buildings sector. Susan Wachter State & Local Finance
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Fellow Martino Pesaresi
Senior Scientific Officer, Global Security and Crisis Management Unit, Joint Research Centre
Article May 18, 2015 Geospatial Technologies for a Healthier, More Sustainable, and Increasingly Urban Earth Penn IUR Co-Directors Genie Birch and Susan Wachter reflect how Earth can survive, and even thrive, as the global population nears nine billion/ Eugénie L. Birch Susan Wachter Climate Change & Resilience
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Fellow Brian English
Founder and CEO, Origin Studio
Urban Development
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Fellow Janice Perlman
President, The Mega-Cities Project, Inc.
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Fellow Sheela Patel
Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 3

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