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Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith

PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1

Fellow Eleni "Lenio" Myrivili

Global Chief Heat Officer, UN Habitat

Climate Change & Resilience

Mar 21 2023 Past Event Decarbonization and Urban Institutions Climate Change & Resilience Anchor Institutions

Research Paper March 2, 2023 State of Finance for Nature in Cities 2023: Time to Assess - Summary for Local Policymakers Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Publication November 17, 2022 Penn IUR Events Address Extreme Heat and Air Quality Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Tayeba Batool

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Anthropology

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Oct 13 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Four Metropolitan Ecologies for Mexico City Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 12 2022 Past Event Penn Climate Week: Measuring Philly's Heat and Air Quality: Organizer and Community Leader Perspectives Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Robert Levinthal

Doctoral Candidate, City and Regional Planning

Climate Change & Resilience

Nov 17 2021 Past Event Colossus: The Anatomy of Delhi 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

Jun 18 2021 Past Event International Waste Chains: Tracing the Supply Chain from Formal Waste Collection to Informal Waste Processing Rapid Urbanization

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

Publication January 28, 2020 We Are Not Ready for Climate Change There is a whole new history in the making: How will cities address the overwhelming surge in the recognition of climate change? Saskia Sassen Climate Change & Resilience

Faculty Fellow Allison Lassiter

Assistant Professor

Climate Change & Resilience

Cover of Smarter Growth

Book October 22, 2018 Smarter Growth: Activism and Environmental Policy in Metropolitan Washington John H. Spiers argues that metropolitan Washington, D.C. laid the foundations for a smart growth movement that blossomed in the late twentieth century John H. Spiers Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Fellow Aisa Kirabo Kacyira

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN-Habitat

Climate Change & Resilience

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