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Publication release: The Shape of the New American City
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Exhibition: Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil
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Book talk: Randall F. Mason, “The Once and Future New York: Historic Preservation and the Modern City”
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Reshaping the City: New Visions
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Read The Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Livingston Case Study in Urban Development, the first of the series to be released.
The Philadelphia House Price Indices and Philadelphia Regional House Price Indices have been updated through 2009 Q3.
Witold Rybczynski, Penn IUR Faculty Associate, makes a green case for cities in this Atlantic article.
Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo, Penn IUR Faculty Associates, are awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to advance integrated data systems-based policy analysis and research as a field of professional practice.
Samual Preston's research on the longevity gap and America's health care system is featured in this New York Times article. Preston is a Penn IUR Faculty Associate.
John Timoney, Penn IUR Advisory Board Member, shares his views on crime in Miami in this article and video.
Roberta Iversen, Penn IUR Faculty Associate, co-authored an article published in Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policyon disaster research, planning, and theory building.
Thomas Sugrue, Penn IUR Faculty Associate, discusses homeownership in the U.S., how "The American Dream" became a reality, and the current need to downsize the dream.
"The New Vision for Urban Policy" - Penn IUR Co-Director Genie Birch was among the 30 participants at the "New Vision for Urban Policy," roundtable convened by Adolfo Carrion, Director of Urban Affairs, The White House and Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, on July 13 in Washington, DC. The group spent the morning discussing the components of a new vision, focusing on an integrated, regional approach in pursuit of three core goals: competitiveness, sustainability and opportunity/inclusion. Senior cabinet officials including Shaun Donovan (HUD), Raymond LaHood (Transportation), Hilda Solis (Labor), Lisa Jackson (EPA) as well as Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell and Seattle Mayor Gregory Nicholls joined the group for an afternoon session on their planned urban initiatives. The meeting ended with an address by President Obama who reiterated his commitment to metropolitan areas and announced a three-city "listening" tour to Philadelphia, Kansas City and Denver to be undertaken by the White House team.
The White House Office of Urban Affairs begins their "National Conversation on the Future of Urban and Metropolitan America" in Philadelphia with a discussion on food, health, economic development, workforce development, and neighborhood revitalization. Please visit the White House blog for a message from Director Adolfo Carrión, Jr. about the Philadelphia event.
Michael B. Katz, Penn IUR Faculty Associate, rethinks recent urban history and what makes a city in early 21st-century America.
Genie Birch, Penn IUR co-director, rethinks urban policy in this Citistates Group column.
Columnist Neal Pierce emphasizes the need to encourage biking and walking in America.
Webcast: Congressional representatives and staff attended a breakfast on Capitol Hill about chapter 8 of theRetooling HUD report, “Anchor Institutions as Partners in Building Successful Communities and Local Economies.”
Genie Birch and Susan Wachter, Penn IUR co-directors, discuss their book, “Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability for the Twenty-first Century” in this podcast, and how sustainability efforts have and continue to take hold in Philadelphia.
John Timoney, Penn IUR Advisory Board Member, is featured in a New York Times article discussing immigration policy.
Genie Birch, Penn IUR Co-director, shares the conclusions of the urban design manifesto created by the attendees of "Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil" in the American Planning Association's Planning May 2009 issue.
Growing Greener Cities receives a "Highly Recommended" designation from Choice reviews.
Penn IUR awarded two-year grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to study urban planning, finance, and health in developing countries. |
