Penn Press at UAA 2024

The City in the 21st Century

Published in collaboration with the Penn Institute for Urban Research, The City in the 21st Century is a heterodox, interdisciplinary series of books addressing both topical and long-range issues confronting the world’s cities, from disaster response to cultural coexistence, from civic engagement to urban revitalization.

Series Editors:
Eugenie L. Birch
Professor and Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania

Susan M. Wachter
Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance, University of Pennsylvania

Penn Press editorial contact:
Robert Lockhart, Senior Editor
[email protected]

Blues for New Orleans

Blues for New Orleans

Roger Abrahams, Nick Spitzer, Nick Spitzer, John F. Szwed, John F. Szwed, Robert Farris Thompson, Robert Farris Thompson

Against the Wall

Against the Wall

Elijah Anderson, Cornel West

Shareholder Cities

Shareholder Cities

Sai Balakrishnan

Slums

Slums

Eugenie L. Birch, Shahana Chattaraj, Susan M. Wachter

Global Urbanization

Global Urbanization

Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter

Growing Greener Cities

Growing Greener Cities

Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter

Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster

Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster

Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter

My Storm

My Storm

Edward J. Blakely, Henry Cisneros

America's Waterfront Revival

America's Waterfront Revival

Peter Hendee Brown

Divided Cities

Divided Cities

Jon Calame, Esther Charlesworth, Lebbeus Woods

Policy, Planning, and People

Policy, Planning, and People

Naomi Carmon, Susan S. Fainstein

The Other Philadelphia Story

The Other Philadelphia Story

Ram A. Cnaan, Stephanie C. Boddie, Charlene C. McGrew, Jennifer Kang

The City After Abandonment

The City After Abandonment

Margaret Dewar, June Manning Thomas

Miami Transformed

Miami Transformed

Manny Diaz, Michael Bloomberg

How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development

How Ideas Shape Urban Political Development

Richardson Dilworth, Timothy P. R. Weaver

Locked In, Locked Out

Locked In, Locked Out

Zaire Zenit Dinzey-Flores

Nation's Metropolis

Nation's Metropolis

Dr. Royce Hanson, Harold Wolman

Ed Bacon

Ed Bacon

Gregory L. Heller, Alexander Garvin

The Disaster Experts

The Disaster Experts

Scott Gabriel Knowles

Urban Tomographies

Urban Tomographies

Martin H. Krieger

Making New York Dominican

Making New York Dominican

Christian Krohn-Hansen

Life Among Urban Planners

Life Among Urban Planners

Jennifer Mack, Michael Herzfeld

Women's Health and the World's Cities

Women's Health and the World's Cities

Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter

Neighborhood and Life Chances

Neighborhood and Life Chances

Harriet B. Newburger, Eugenie L. Birch, Susan M. Wachter

Mayor

Mayor

Michael A. Nutter

New Towns for the Twenty-First Century

New Towns for the Twenty-First Century

Richard Peiser, Ann Forsyth

Global Downtowns

Global Downtowns

Marina Peterson, Gary McDonogh

Perspectives on Fair Housing

Perspectives on Fair Housing

Vincent J. Reina, Wendell E. Pritchett, Susan M. Wachter, Marc Morial

Community Benefits

Community Benefits

Jovanna Rosen

Design After Decline

Design After Decline

Brent D. Ryan

Street Commerce

Street Commerce

Andres Sevtsuk

Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change

Iconic Planned Communities and the Challenge of Change

Mary Corbin Sies, Isabelle Gournay, Robert Freestone

Smarter Growth

Smarter Growth

John H. Spiers

Beat Cop to Top Cop

Beat Cop to Top Cop

John F. Timoney, Tom Wolfe

Principles of Housing Finance Reform

Principles of Housing Finance Reform

Susan M. Wachter, Joseph Tracy

Shared Prosperity in America's Communities

Shared Prosperity in America's Communities

Susan M. Wachter, Lei Ding

The American Mortgage System

The American Mortgage System

Susan M. Wachter, Marvin M. Smith

Revitalizing American Cities

Revitalizing American Cities

Susan M. Wachter, Kimberly A. Zeuli

China Urbanizing

China Urbanizing

Weiping Wu, Qin Gao