Urban Studies Publications
Urals Pathfinder: Theatre in Post-Soviet Yekaterinburg
Nov 21, 2011Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kennan Institute Occasional Paper Series #307, 2011. PDF 40 pages. more
Reducing Urban Poverty: A New Generation of Ideas
Nov 01, 2011Recognizing a need to develop and strengthen urban-focused practitioner and policymaking ties with academia, and disseminate evidence-based development programming, CUSP, USAID's Urban Programs Team, the International Housing Coalition, the World Bank, and Cities Alliance teamed up to co-sponsor a second academic paper competition for graduate students studying urban issues. Six winning papers were selected for this publication to highlight the new research and innovative thinking of the next generation of urban planners, practitioners, and policymakers. more
Transnational Migration to New Regional Centers: Policy Challenges, Practice, and the Migrant Experience
Jul 07, 2011Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kennan Institute and Comparative Urban Studies Eurasian Migration Paper #2, 2008. PDF 168 pages. more
Population, Urbanization, Environment, and Security: A Summary of the Issues
Jul 07, 2011Th author addresses issues including migration to urban centers, the immediate environmental and health impacts of urban pollution on developing country cities, and the link between crime and security. more
PECS News Issue 4 (Summer 2001)
Jul 07, 2011PECS News Issue 4 features discussions of the 2001 IFAD Rural Poverty Report and the film The Urban Explosion, and an article by Michigan International Development Associate John Williams on integrating population into conservation projects. more
PECS News Issue 3 (Winter 2000)
Jul 07, 2011PECS News Issue 3 features a report from the Wilson Center's forum on HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, and an article on urban health in megacities by University of Michigan International Development Associate Brian Hubbard. more
Finding the Source: Urbanization and Intersectoral Competition for Water
Jul 07, 2011This article examines the implications of urbanization for intersectoral competition over water, not only in technical or economic terms, but also in terms of political and social dynamics as well as the possibilities to meet the water needs of growing cities. more
Community Resilience: A Cross-Cultural Study
Jul 07, 2011This report draws from the dialogue and seminar papers shared at a December 2008 meeting co-hosted by the Wilson Center and the Fetzer Institute to explore conditions that promote resilience and examine compelling examples of community resilience worldwide. more
Washington's U Street: A Biography
Oct 01, 2010http://www.wilsoncenter.org/dialogue-program/washingtons-u-street-biographyThe audio version can be found here. This book traces the history of the U Street neighborhood in Washington, D.C., from its Civil War–era origins to its recent gentrification. more
Urban Diversity: Space, Culture, and Inclusive Pluralism in Cities Worldwide
Oct 01, 2010As the world's urban populations grow, cities become spaces where increasingly diverse peoples negotiate such differences as language, citizenship, ethnicity and race, class and wealth, and gender. Using a comparative framework, Urban Diversity examines the multiple meanings of inclusion and exclusion in fast—changing urban contexts. more
