Urban studies and Planning at MIT is organized around the following core questions of engagement and progressive change: "Can we make a difference in the world? Can we design better cities? Can we help places grow more sustainably? Can we help communities thrive? Can we help advance equitable world development?"
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 4: IDG Foundation to FutureWith the evolution of international development in the last several decades, how are these changes are being reflected in the way that development scholars and ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l Development Landscape (part 2)The international development landscape is evolving in ways that impact how development is conceived and implemented around the world. This ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Panel 2: Social Movements and DevelopmentA more inclusive, people-centered approach to projects and programs often eludes the financial and political flows of developmental institutions. Local, ...
The 2012 MIT DUSP International Development ConferenceApril 6, 2012Opening Remarks and Panel 1: The Evolving Int'l Development Landscape (part 1)The international development landscape is evolving in ways that impact how development is conceived and implemented around ...
April 18, 1-2.30 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Weiping Wu Urbanization: Regional & Spatial Transformation | Discussant: Amy Glasmeier Dr. Weiping Wu is a professor of urban and environmental policy and planning, and a senior fellow in the Center for Emerging Market ...
March 14, 5:30-7 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Stephen Hammer Challenges of Urban Energy Planning in China | Discussant: Karen R Polenske Dr. Stephen Hammer is a Lecturer in Energy Planning at MIT DUSP. Dr. Hammer also serves as co-Director of the Urban Climate Change ...
April 4, 12.30-2 PM, Room 9-354 | Speaker: Jiawen Yang Sustaining Personal Mobility in Urbanizing China | Discussant: Joseph Ferreira China's massive population, high density and fast economic development produce huge demand for transportation investment. For now, ...
March 21, 2012Speaker: Prof. Dennis Frenchman & Prof. Christopher Zegras, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Discussant: Prof. Ralph Gakenheimer, MIT DUSPThe Chinese urban landscape is being dramatically transformed through rapid urbanization, changing ...
An interview with MIT Professor Phil Freelon about his firm's exhibit "REACH", showing in the Wolk Gallery from February 15 - June 8, 2012.
2012 CDD Forum: Shrinking Cities Jill Desimini is a landscape architect and an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Her research focuses on landscape strategies for shrinking cities in North America. ...
This video is a spoken poem on the life and death of Trayvon Martin, in a historical context. Poem text is below. What divine irony indeed, hoods are still causing pain. Retributions and chaos amongst our nation. Up from slavery, it has been the hood that has caused ...
At an MIT forum, economists suggested America's growing wealth gap matters for an overarching reason that's slightly harder to quantify: Inequality, they said, constitutes a threat to America's values and political system.
Department of Urban Studies and Planning Professor Xavier de Sousa Briggs presents a lecture as part of the Transportation@MIT speaker series.
2012 CDD Forum: Shrinking Cities The Relaxed Zone Overlay: A Planning and Zoning Tool for Smart Shrinkage; Justin Hollander (3/5/12) Justin Hollander, PhD, AICP is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University and a Research ...
2012 CDD Forum: Shrinking Cities When Life Gives You Lemons: Informal and Bottom-Up Urbanism; Daniel D'Oca (2/21/12) Daniel D’Oca is an urban planner, educator, and curator who specializes in the politics of the contemporary built environment in America. He is ...
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
Ryan Chin is a Research Specialist and PhD Candidate at the MIT Media Lab. His research in urban mobility systems addresses the energy and mobility problems of 21st century cities such as energy efficiency, congestion, urban land-use, and carbon emissions leading to ...
