Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
GPPR Junior Editor Bela Walkin (MPP ‘25) discusses urban and transportation policy with Jeff Speck, a city planner and international advocate for walkable urbanism. His 2012 book “Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time,” was the best-selling city-planning title of the past decade. Jeff and Bela discuss the benefits of walkability, […]
Introduction Internal displacement refers to involuntary migration within a state’s borders. The UN’s Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement define an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) as an individual or group of individuals “who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes … to avoid the effects of armed conflict, generalized violence, violations […]