Urban Planning

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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
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Emerging Scholar Xiaoxia (Summer) Dong
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
Urban Development
Article May 10, 2016 Owning or Renting in the US: Shifting Dynamics of the Housing Market The current persistent and large decline in the number of owner households is almost unprecedented. Why has this occurred? What is driving the economy of renting? Susan Wachter Housing State & Local Finance
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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Book April 13, 2016 Slums: How Informal Real Estate Markets Work Large numbers of people in urbanizing regions in the developing world live and work in unplanned settlements that grow through incremental processes of squatting and self-building. Eugénie L. Birch Shahana Chattaraj Susan Wachter Urban Development Rapid Urbanization
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Faculty Fellow Howard Neukrug
Professor of Practice, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
Climate Change & Resilience
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Faculty Fellow Megan Ryerson
UPS Foundation Chair of Transportation, City & Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design Chair, City and Regional Planning
Research Paper December 17, 2015 Penn IUR Research Digest: Housing Finance Reform Abstracts were adapted from chapters of an upcoming book edited by Susan Wachter and Joseph Tracy, "Housing Finance Reform: Principles of Stability." Housing State & Local Finance
Article September 9, 2015 Urban Greening: A Solution to Blight and Toxic Stress? Penn IUR Emerging Scholar Eugenia South writes about the how urban blight is making residents sick through increased vacancy, sanitation, and safety. Eugenia (Gina) South Climate Change & Resilience
Emerging Scholar Daniel Suh
Data Scientist, Consumer Data Analytics Team, Nike
Urban Development
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Emerging Scholar Amber Woodburn McNair
Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University
Urban Development
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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Scholar Laura Wolf-Powers
Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
Urban Development
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Scholar Qin Bo
Professor of Urban Planning and Management, Renmin University of China
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Scholar Chunxia Yang
Associate Professor of Architecture, Architecture, Tongji University
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Fellow Brian English
Founder and CEO, Origin Studio
Urban Development
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Fellow Simon Mosbah
Managing Director, Economics, Finance and Grants, WSP USA
Urban Development
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Fellow Seung Ah Byun
Executive Director, Chester County Water Resources Authority
Climate Change & Resilience
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Scholar Meagan Ehlenz
Associate Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
Housing Anchor Institutions

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