The Next 100 Million: Where Will They Go?
March 1, 2007
Public Interest Series Event
The Next 100 Million panel discussion
Hosted by the Penn IUR and Regional Plan Association, this lecture serves a s a public opening to the Northeast Climate and Competitiveness Summit. Featured speakers included Catherine Ross, Georgia Tech's Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development; Parris Glendening, Smart Growth Leadership Institute; Robert Yaro, Regional Plan Association; and Joel Kotkin, author of The City: A Global History. The panel addressed the impacts of U.S. population growth, emerging spatial development patterns such as megaregions, and their effect on the way in which people live and work in the 21st century.