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Volume 2021 / Issue 2
A collection of news & events brought to you by the Penn Institute for Urban Research |
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| Woodlands, TX. Photo by Richard Peiser. |
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| The Potential of New Towns |
The latest book in the Penn IUR/Penn Press City in the 21st City series examines the potential for new towns—large, comprehensively planned developments on newly urbanized land—to address looming urban development challenges around the world. New Towns for the Twenty-First Century: A Guide to Planned Communities Worldwide brings together international and interdisciplinary contributors to examine new town design, planning, finances, management, governance, quality of life, and sustainability. Penn IUR interviewed editors Richard Peiser and Ann Forsyth on the implications of these projects around the world.
In your recent volume, you define new towns as large, planned developments on newly urbanized land. What do you see as the potential for this kind of urban development today?
See how Richard Peiser and Ann Forsyth answer this question and more. |
| Read the Full Interview » |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| Application Deadline for Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Program |
April 19
The Penn IUR Fellows in Urban Leadership Program, open to Penn undergraduates, engages a small cohort of selected students with high-level local, regional, and national leaders drawn from government, business, and civil society to discuss decision-making in urban places. |
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| Economic Outlook for 2021 |
| Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics and Penn IUR Fellow, offered his forecast for the year ahead at a recent webinar on state and local fiscal stability hosted by Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance. |
| Listen Now » |
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| Tracking the Recovery of Restaurants |
| Using cell phone mobility data, Penn IUR graphed monthly visits to businesses categorized as “restaurants and other eating places” in selected urban counties per 1,000 residents in 2020. Click through to see how restaurants are recovering. |
| Learn More » |
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| Knowledge for Good Features Penn IUR |
| Since 2004, Penn IUR has been bringing together urban experts to inform decision-making and public policy at the local, national, and international levels. Learn about the Institute's current work in Penn's Knowledge for Good. |
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| Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization in the United States |
| Edited by Dominic Vitiello and Thomas J. Sugrue |
| "This volume brings together cutting-edge research on revitalization from leading social scientists across a range of fields, from demography and economics to geography, history, sociology, and urban planning. . . . An important book with implications for today's cities and municipalities—both those experienced with immigration and those facing fresh change."—Audrey Singer, Urban Institute |
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| Penn IUR’s Urban Research eJournal, published twice weekly through the Social Science Research Network, gathers and distributes new research on the governance, policy, economics, design, and social issues that surround global urbanization. Recent papers examine the effect of COVID-19 on the gold market; housing insecurity in Erie County, NY; and the lure of major cities for young entrepreneurs. Learn more about the eJournal or view our archive of papers. |
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