Across the globe, cities are seeking innovative strategies to revitalize struggling and neglected neighborhoods and transform underutilized land in declining commercial and industrial areas. Strategic approaches to urban revitalization can achieve broader goals for promoting local economic development, advancing social equity, tackling environmental challenges and enhancing cultural assets. However, without meaningful community engagement and careful planning, urban regeneration projects can accelerate displacement, gentrification and loss of cultural heritage.



For the past two years, the Wilson Center’s Urban Sustainability Laboratory and the Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) have joined together in a comparative study of the partnerships, financing arrangements and policies that contribute to successful urban regeneration projects. Please join us for a Networking Event at the World Urban Forum featuring a panel of government officials, urban development experts and leading academics who will present policy recommendations based on comprehensive case studies of urban regeneration in cities around the world.

 

Panel Presentations

Eugenie Birch, Lawrence C. Nussdorf Chair for Urban Research, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, and Founding Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research

Katherine Marinari, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Ki Baek Song, Research Fellow, Urban Regeneration Research Team, Housing Urban Finance Institute, Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp (HUG)

Seung Hyun Ha, Researcher, Urban Regeneration Team, HUG Institute, Korea Housing and Urban Guarantee Corp (HUG)

Alaina Beverly, Assistant Vice President for Urban Affairs, University of Chicago – Office of Federal Relations

Horacio Terraza, Lead Urban Specialist (Latin America & Caribbean), World Bank

Moderator: Allison Garland, Project Director, Urban Sustainability Lab, Wilson Center    

Discussant: Mahmoud AlBurai, Senior Advisor, Real Estate Regulatory Agency of Dubai, and Vice President, International Real Estate Federation-Arabic Countries

Organized and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum is the premier international gathering on cities. The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) will take place from February 8-13, 2020 in Abu Dhabi with the theme “Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation.”