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?"
Session 3: Countering Violence: Assessing Police Performance Chair and Discussant: R.K. Raghavan 12:00-12:15AM "Dynamics of Security Sector Performance," Omar Khalidi, MIT 12:15-12:30PM "Police Performance: An Insider's Experiences," R.K. Raghavan, former Director CBI ...
Session 1: Secularism and the State: Changing Contours Chair & Discussant: Ornit Shani, University of Haifa 9:00-9:15AM "Secular Subjects: Refugees, Minorities and the Citizenship Act of 1955," Haimanti Roy, MIT 9:15-9:30AM "Normalizing Violence in and Through the ...
Session 2: State Performance during Group Violence: Case Studies Chair and Discussant: Bish Sanyal, MIT 10:30-10:45AM "Caste & Violence: A Study of Atrocities on Dalits," Chinnaiah Jangam, Wagner College, New York 10:45-11:00AM "Kandhamal, Orissa, 2008: Hindu ...
Session 2: State Performance during Group Violence: Case Studies Chair and Discussant: Bish Sanyal, MIT 10:30-10:45AM "Caste & Violence: A Study of Atrocities on Dalits," Chinnaiah Jangam, Wagner College, New York 10:45-11:00AM "Kandhamal, Orissa, 2008: Hindu ...
Session 4: Bringing Violence Perpetrators to Justice: Experience and Prospects Chair and Discussant: Balakrishnan Rajagopal, MIT 2:00-2:15PM Delhi: Manoj Mitta, Senior Editor, The Times of India 2:15- 2:30PM Gujarat: Mukul Sinha, Attorney, and Nirjhari Sinha, ...
The Site & Urban Systems Planning course at the MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning is planning Boston's bicycle system and completing the city's streets. Final presentations at BU's Jacob Sleeper Hall (871 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA) on May 20, 2010 from 5-7pm.
Highlights of technologies and approaches to to building energy efficiency featuring: John Sterman, Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems Director, System Dynamics Group Nicholas Gayeski, Building Technology Program Walt Henry, Department of Facilities Harvey ...
As various plans emerge for the recovery of New Orleans, these panelists offer some pointed lessons in flood prevention and reconstruction, from overseas, from our own history, and from other parts of the U.S. Moderated by Andrew J. Whittle, ScD '87, Professor, ...
Kristina Ford, Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College; Former Executive Director, New Orleans City Planning Commission Description: There's no love lost between Kristina Ford and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; he made it clear that she was not ...
Will New Orleans rise again, and if so, in what form? Lawrence J. Vale offers both comfort and caution. "In the last 200 years, there has been almost no case of a major city anywhere that hasn't been rebuilt after a major disaster," he says. Whether post-bomb ...
Even if the U.S. draws the right lessons from Hurricane Katrina, panelists suggest, the nation may still be caught short in the next disaster. Moderator: Kenneth Oye, Associate Professor of Political Science and Engineering Systems and Director of the MIT-CIS Program ...
Without much national fanfare, Chicago has transformed itself into a paragon of green virtue.
