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Article May 21, 2024 Paris Meeting of Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Global Commission for Urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Finance Marks A Year of Progress Eugénie L. Birch Mauricio Rodas Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Equality and the City by Enrique Peñalosa Londoño book cover

Book April 30, 2024 Equality and the City: Urban Innovations for All Citizens In Equality and the City, Enrique Peñalosa Londoño draws on his experience as mayor of Bogotá, Colombia to share his perspective on the issues facing developing cities, especially sustainable transportation and equal access to public space. Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development

Underground by Bruce O'Neill book cover

Book April 26, 2024 Underground: Dreams and Degradations in Bucharest Underground moves beneath Romania’s capital, Bucharest, to examine how the demands of global accumulation have extended urban life beneath city sidewalks. Bruce O'Neill Urban Development

Article April 19, 2024 Penn IUR Celebrates Resilience with 2024 Urban Leadership Prize The Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) honored three pathbreaking urban leaders from around the globe at the 19th Annual Urban Leadership Forum on April 5: • Jaime Alberto Pumarejo Heins, former Mayor, City of Barranquilla, Colombia; • Andrew Melnik, former International Projects Manager, City of Bucha, Region of Kyiv, Ukraine; and • Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network. Climate Change & Resilience

Newsletter April 5, 2024 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2024 Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Article January 8, 2024 Expert Voices 2024 | Remote Work: Its Impact on Cities To begin every new year, we publish a special issue of Urban Link for which we ask urban experts to reflect on a question of importance to cities. This year, we asked: What do you expect will happen to remote work trends in the future? How should cities respond to remote work’s impact on the value of their real estate, tax bases, and more broadly, urban life? Urban Development

Article October 12, 2023 SDSN Global Commission on Urban SDG Finance Forges its Agenda at NYC Meeting State & Local Finance

Article October 10, 2023 Planning for a Greener Urban Ukraine Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

Sep 21 2023 Past Event Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places Climate Change & Resilience

Affiliated PhD Student Benjamin (Benji) Smith

PhD Candidate in Wharton's Applied Economics Program

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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

Publication November 29, 2022 How Philly can stay ahead of the curve in addressing climate change Climate Change & Resilience

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

Article September 19, 2022 Penn IUR Faculty Fellows’ Summer Research Advances Urban Water Management How to sustainably manage urban water? That question took Penn IUR Faculty Fellows to cities like Pittsburgh, where improving water quality and access are critical issues; to the Netherlands, where 93 percent of the population lives in urban areas and all are at risk of rising seas; and to Malawi, where innovative methods of measuring climate adaptation may one day be applied to cities around the world. Climate Change & Resilience

Sep 09 2022 Past Event Kyung-Hwan Kim: Urbanization, Quality of Life, and Affordable Housing Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

Nov 18 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid and State and Local Strategies Climate Change & Resilience

Oct 27 2021 Past Event Livable Cities

Research Paper October 20, 2021 #GalápagosGoesGreen: Galápagos Green Mobility Strategy Eugénie L. Birch Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Article October 20, 2021 Green Mobility in the Galápagos #GalápagosGoesGreen is a policy brief exploring the context, precedents, and possibilities for sustainable mobility on the cities of the Galápagos Islands. Climate Change & Resilience

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