Urban Link

Urban Link is Penn IUR’s monthly online publication that features expert commentary on urban topics and highlights Penn IUR news and events. Launched in November 2012, Urban Link has more than 6,400 subscribers. Penn IUR’s affiliates author Urban Link’s articles, allowing Penn IUR to disseminate the groundbreaking scholarship of its associates. This year, Penn IUR affiliates and other scholars and practitioners contributed the following features:

PENN IUR EMERGING SCHOLARS “New Ideas in Urban Research.” August 2019.

JACOB KRIMMEL and SUSAN WACHTER “The Future of the Community Reinvestment Act.” September 2019.

JOHN M. MacDONALD and CHARLES C. BRANAS “Reducing Crime by Changing Places.” October 2019.

EUGÉNIE BIRCH “Informality as a Way of Life.” November 2019.

SAI BALAKRISHNAN “Land Transformation Along Urban Corridors in India.” December 2019. PENNY ABEYWARDENA, NIKHIL ANAND, ANA MARIE ARGILAGOS, KYUNG-HWAN KIM, JOHN LANDIS, ROBERT MUGGAH, VICTOR RUBIN AND ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL, SASKIA SASSEN, LISA SERVON, and FREDERICK (FRITZ) STEINER “Expert Voices 2020: Improving Access to Cities.” January 2020.

JOHN LANDIS “A Housing Plan for The Nation.” February 2020.

MAURICIO RODAS “Cities’ Climate Infrastructure Financing.” March 2020.

ELIJAH ANDERSON, DAVID BARNES, MARY FRANCES BERRY, EUGÉNIE BIRCH, CRAIG R. CARNAROLI, DENNIS CULHANE, SONJA DÜMPELMANN, JESSIE HANDBURY, CAROLYN KOUSKY, AFAF I. MELEIS, JAMES KWAME MENSAH, LAURA PERNA, JENNIFER PINTO-MARTIN, MAURICIO RODAS, HARVEY RUBIN, MEGAN RYERSON, DAVID SKEEL, EUGENIA (GINA) SOUTH, FREDERICK (FRITZ) STEINER, RICHARD VOITH, SUSAN WACHTER, and MARK ZANDI “Special Issue on Cities and Contagion.” April 2020.

GRADUATING URBAN DOCTORAL STUDENTS “New Ideas in Urban Research.” May 2020.

LEFT: photo by Patrick Lewis, via Flickr.

RIGHT: photo by Brecht Bug, via Flickr.