Urban Planning

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Emerging Scholar Ariadna Reyes-Sánchez
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Planning, The University of Texas at Arlington
Urban Development
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Fellow Ira Goldstein
Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions, Reinvestment Fund
Urban Development Housing + 2
Article February 19, 2019 Cities’ Role in Climate Governance and Global Policy: A Dispatch from the Urban20 Jocelyn Perry and William Burke-White write about climate change and ask "who are the champions... and of what?" William Burke-White Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Article January 16, 2019 Expert Voices 2019: Why Cities? We asked more than a dozen urban experts “why cities?” In particular, we asked them to reflect on any or all of the following questions: Cities throughout the world are growing in population and expanding in size—why is this? What are the most critical forces that are driving the new importance of urban centrality? How do they differ across the globe? How will urbanization impact inclusivity and sustainability? What are the common forces in global urbanization trends? How long will these trends last? Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter
Assistant Professor
Climate Change & Resilience
Research Paper November 1, 2018 Flood Risk and the U.S. Housing Market Carolyn Kousky Susan Wachter Michael LaCour-Little Housing State & Local Finance
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Emerging Scholar Sisi Liang
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University of China Vice Dean, School of Architecture
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Faculty Fellow Simon Richter
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of German, Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies, School of Arts and Sciences Chair, Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies
Climate Change & Resilience
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Fellow Sidney Wong
Senior Advisor, Econsult Solutions, Inc
Urban Development State & Local Finance
Research Paper March 13, 2018 U.S-Japan Grassroots Exchange Program, 2017 Urban Development
Research Paper February 7, 2018 The Ecological Wisdom of Plan-Making Frederick Steiner Climate Change & Resilience
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Book January 15, 2018 Mayor: The Best Job in Politics Reflecting on his two terms from 2008 to 2016, Nutter offers insights into building coalitions, governing pragmatically, and improving city life through effective public service. Michael A. Nutter Urban Development
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Scholar Bish Sanyal
Ford International Professor of International Development and Planning Director of the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies \/ Humphrey Fellows Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Jennifer Whittaker
Research Scientist, PolicyLab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphlia (CHOP) Senior Manager, Qualitative Methods Training and Program Development, Qualitative Research Core, Children's Hospital of Philadelphlia (CHOP)
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Scholar Arthur Acolin
Associate Professor and Bob Filley Endowed Chair, Runstad Department of Real Estate, College of Built Environments, University of Washington
Urban Development Rapid Urbanization + 1
Article January 25, 2017 Expert Voices 2017: America's Urban Infrastructure In his inauguration speech, President Trump characterized America's infrastructure as having “fallen into disrepair and decay” and promised to “build new roads, and highways, and bridges, and airports, and tunnels, and railways.” Similarly, over the course of the presidential campaign, Trump vowed to develop "the next generation" of American infrastructure and "send new skyscrapers soaring." We asked more than a dozen urban experts: In your view, what should the United States do about urban infrastructure? Eugénie L. Birch Angela Glover Blackwell Paul C. Brophy Gilles Duranton Erick Guerra John Landis Howard Neukrug Megan Ryerson Saskia Sassen Frederick Steiner Sarah Rosen Wartell Susan Wachter Richard Voith Mark Zandi Urban Development
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Fellow David Stanek
Vice President, Econsult Solutions, Inc
Urban Development
Research Paper September 29, 2016 Producing Affordable Housing in Rising Markets: What Works? Lance Freeman Jenny Schuetz, Housing
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Emerging Scholar Chaeri Kim
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University Research Lead, Natural Solutions Initiative, ACT-Action on Climate Team
Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Patricio Zambrano
Urban and Technology Strategist, Palantir Technologies
Urban Development

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