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Book November 14, 2024 Urban Sustainable Development: Governance, Finance, and Politics Urban Sustainable Development: Governance, Finance, and Politics addresses the critical challenges of promoting sustainable growth in rapidly expanding cities. Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Feb 27 2025 Past Event PhD Lunch & Lightning Talks Urban Development

Jan 23 2025 Past Event The City in the 21st Century: Celebrating the Reflective Practitioner featuring Enrique Peñalosa Londoño Speakers: Enrique Peñalosa Manuel A. Diaz Richard Freeland Judith Rodin Eleanor Sharpe Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Faculty Fellow Sanya Carley

Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning, Weitzman School of Design Mark Alan Hughes Faculty Director, The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Climate Change & Resilience

Article November 1, 2024 Fellows in Urban Leadership View Planning's Complexities During NYC Trip Fellows in Urban Leadership traveled to New York City for a day of tours and networking with industry leaders in planning, transportation, parks, waste management, and more. Urban Development

Nov 22 2024 Past Event Statecraft Urbanism: Building Garden City in Shenzhen Speakers: Li Hou Urban Development

Article October 24, 2024 Faculty Spotlight: Allison Lassiter Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter is adapting drinking water systems to climate change. She tells Penn IUR about a tool her lab is developing, SaltCast, and her role in serving on Penn’s delegation to the UNFCCC Conference of Parties. Climate Change & Resilience

Nov 20 2024 Past Event GIS Day Keynote: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics Speakers: Andrew Crooks Urban Development

Article October 16, 2024 Gilles Duranton on the Growth of Cities In his foundational review, “The growth of cities,” Duranton, together with co-author Diego Puga, argue that there are four main drivers to city growth. Gilles Duranton Urban Development

Article October 16, 2024 Commission Advances Agenda During New York Climate Week World mayors, urban finance and legal experts comprising the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance developed recommendations to address cities’ climate financing needs during Climate Week in New York. Climate Change & Resilience

Annual Report October 16, 2024 Sustainable Urban Futures: 2023-2024 Penn IUR Annual Report Penn Institute for Urban Research's annual report, Sustainable Urban Futures: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice, documents the Institute’s research initiatives, publications, events, and instructional activities over the 2023–2024 academic year. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Nov 11 2024 Past Event Carbon Capture and Cities Speakers: Thomas Daniels Masoud Akbarzadeh Dorit Aviv Jennifer Wilcox Sanya Carley William W. Braham Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Sharicca Boldon

Director, Comprehensive Executive Programs, Wharton Executive Education

Urban Development Anchor Institutions

Faculty Fellow Elizabeth Delmelle

Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design Director, Master of Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA),

Urban Development

Faculty Fellow Lance Freeman

James W. Effron University Professor, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City and Regional Planning and Sociology, City & Regional Planning, School of Arts and Sciences and Weitzman School of Design

Urban Development Housing

Publication September 17, 2024 Scholarly Voices Series To mark 20 years of urban research, Penn IUR launched its Scholarly Voices Series, featuring its Faculty Fellows. Dennis Culhane Gilles Duranton Jessie Handbury John MacDonald Laura Perna Megan Ryerson Erick Guerra Shane Jensen Jere Behrman Urban Development

Fellow in Urban Leadership Danielle Uter

Fellow in Urban Leadership Jessica Riedman

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Fellow in Urban Leadership Noah Milad

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Fellow in Urban Leadership Leo Biehl

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