Ecosystems

Publication April 16, 2025 Penn IUR Joins Global Leaders in Cape Town for Urban Ecosystem Restoration Workshop Penn IUR participated as a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) partner in the Generation Restoration global workshop for urban nature-based solutions (NbS) held in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2025. Climate Change & Resilience
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People Michael Mann
Presidential Distinguished Professor and Director of Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media
Climate Change & Resilience
Faculty Fellow Michael Weisberg
Deputy Director, Perry World House; Bess W. Heyman President's Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences
Climate Change & Resilience
News October 28, 2024 Penn IUR, The United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) released a report with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia. Amanda Lloyd Samuel Geldin Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Videos September 10, 2024 What would it take to make Galapagos tourist resilient? Penn IUR collaborated on this short video animated by Connie Pan, Ejun Hong, Elon Vedomey, Gabriel Gonsalves Bertho, as part of Simon Richter and Joshua Mosley's Penn Research as Animation Lab. The video asks what it would take to make the Galapagos tourist resilient and explores new infrastructure to enable the Galapagos to deal with climate change and bucket-list tourism. Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Affiliated PhD Student Adwaita Banerjee
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
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Emerging Scholar Boqian Xu
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Gallery December 12, 2023 2023 Photography Contest: Urban Nature Penn IUR is pleased to announce the winner of its 8th Annual Photography Contest: “Wetland for All” by Amitava Chandra. Climate Change & Resilience
Sep 21 2023 Past Event Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places Climate Change & Resilience
Article May 9, 2023 Transforming China’s National New Areas towards Ecological Civilization Climate Change & Resilience
Article February 14, 2023 Rooted in Research: Greening Cities for Health, Safety, and Well-Being Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
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Affiliated PhD Student Tayeba Batool
Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Research Paper October 20, 2021 #GalápagosGoesGreen: Galápagos Green Mobility Strategy Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance
Article August 19, 2021 “Civic Engagement” Photo Contest Winners As part of the University’s 2020-2021 academic theme year, Penn IUR held a photo contest on civic engagement in cities around the world. Participants were asked to capture the ways that urban community engagement has adapted to altered social circumstances and working conditions amid a year of unprecedented public need.
Research Paper July 13, 2021 5th Guangzhou Award Report on Local Implementation of SDGs Climate Change & Resilience Housing + 1
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Fellow María Alicia Becdach
MSC. Architecture & Urban Design Columbia University
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
Publication April 17, 2020 We Are Part of a Global Ecosystem The coronavirus pandemic is a reminder that we all are part of, not separate from, one interconnected, global ecosystem. This understanding—that humans are part of nature—is the foundation on which Ian McHarg’s theory and practice of regional ecological planning is based. Frederick Steiner Urban Development
Publication April 17, 2020 Urban Nature Improves Mental Health My research on greening blighted urban land shows that neighborhood green space improves mental health and lowers feelings of depression, reduces stress, and improves feelings of safety. Eugenia (Gina) South
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Fellow Aromar Revi
Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) Co-Chair, UN SDSN
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2
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Scholar Chunxia Yang
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China Senior Member of the Chinese Architecture Society Director of the Urban Design Branch of the Chinese Architecture Society Member of the Urban Design and Planning Professional Committee of Shanghai Architecture Society, Shanghai Pujiang Talent
Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

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