Penn Institute for Urban Research

Penn IUR awards Steve Adler, Manuel de Araújo, Eleni Myrivili, and Sheela Patel the 2023 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize.Join the Penn Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) for the 18th annual Urban Leadership Forum, with remarks by 2023 Lawrence C. Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize winners. This year’s awardees include Steve Adler, Former Mayor of Austin; Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araújo, Mayor, Municipality of Quelimane, Mozambique; Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili, Global Chief Heat Officer at UN Habitat & Arsht-Rock and the Chief Heat Officer of Athens, Greece; and Sheela Patel, founding director of the Society for the Promotion of

As global warming continues to intensify, ecologically sensitive urban places are particularly prone to its consequences.As global warming continues to intensify, ecologically sensitive urban places are particularly prone to its consequences. Focusing on the world-renowned Galapagos Islands, a place experiencing meteoric growth in land- and sea-based tourism (up from 18,000 in 1980 to 271,000 in 2019) as an example, the speakers, a student/professor team engaged in Penn IUR’s Galapagos Goes Green Project, will underscore their efforts to increase public awareness about the conflict between local desires to maximize visitors and resulting induced negative effects (e.g., uncontrolled urban growth, increased use

Penn IUR and the Ian L. McHarg Center invite you to a book talk and panel discussion on Post Industrial DIY: Recovering American Belt Icons.A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental train stations, one in Buffalo, the other in Detroit. These once-noble sites have since fallen from their towering grace. As local elected leaders did everything they could to destroy what was left of these places, citizens saw beauty and utility in these industrial ruins and felt compelled to act.The Penn Institute for

Join Penn IUR for a conversation exploring efforts to introduce renewable energy to informal settlements in Accra, Ghana.On Wednesday March 13th at 9:00am, join the Penn Institute for Urban Research for a conversation exploring efforts to introduce renewable energy to informal settlements in Accra, Ghana. Presented by Penn IUR Fellow James Kwame Mensah in conversation with Penn IUR Co-Director Eugénie Birch, this event builds on the new policy digest published by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.Ghana’s electrical system is not only highly reliant on fossil fuels (66 percent of the total) but also does not meet demand due to

Join Penn IUR for a panel discussing the World Bank paper, Vibrant Cities - On the Bedrock of Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability.How will the world’s developing cities become vibrant—capable of meeting the climate, social, and economic challenges of tomorrow? Vibrant cities offer firms and households high expectations for good returns on investments, for a sustainable and resilient future, and for dynamic and inclusive growth. Cities thrive not only by increasing incomes and wealth for a select few but by improving common welfare through the equitable provision of basic services and opportunities. To do this, tomorrow’s vibrant cities will be: resilient