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?"
Zhang is a lecturer at the Institute for Architecture and Technology Studies in the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University. He has a PhD in Architecture from the same. At MIT and beyond, his primary research focus is on Building Information Modeling (BIM). He is also interested in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fan is director of the land planning division of the local government land administration bureau in Zhejiang province, China. She has a PhD in Agricultural Economics and Management and a Master's degree from Zhejiang University.At MIT, she will focus on the relationship between government and ...
Professor Annette M. Kim presents preliminary findings of her research about Beijing's elaborate underground housing market.
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 ...
Students from MIT's Biodiesel team organized the Green Grease project to help garbage pickers in Brazil save money and be more environmentally friendly by retrofitting their transport vehicles. In summer 2010, the team traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil
Shabnum is a senior urban planner with the Government of Punjab. She holds two Master's degrees, one in City and Regional Planning from UET and Hariot-Watt University, Lahore, Pakistan and the other in Environmental Management & Development from the Australian National University, in ...
Emil is an architect with a Masters degree in Urbanism from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, where he is also completing his doctoral work. He has worked as an urban designer and planner for private companies in the Dominican Republic, Spain, The UAE, China, ...
Economics and the Sustainable City Thursday, November 3, 2011, 5:00-7:00pm MIT 3-133 Three urban economists discuss how economic principles will help cities to create a smaller environmental footprint. David Albouy, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of ...
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 ...
Sopheap is a senior program coordinator for Habitat for Humanity Cambodia. He has an MBA from Preston University in Cambodia. He is interested in aspects of urban and regional planning that have applications at the community level. After MIT he will use his knowledge, skills and experiences ...
Fatima is a municipal engineer in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. She obtained her Diploma in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Urban Engineering from the Ecole Hassania des Travaux Publics in Casablanca. She is also the head of a neighborhood team for a ...
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, ...
Paula is an industrial engineer specializing in management, biodiversity and culture. She was formerly the Minister of Culture of Colombia. She has an MPhil degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge and a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Autonoma de ...
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 ...
