Urban Studies and Planning

A new digital tool developed by an MIT team lets people design alterations to transit networks and estimate the resulting improvements, based on existing data from urban transit systems.

3 Questions: Chris Zegras on designing your city’s transit system

MIT-designed tool lets people test realistic changes to local transit networks.

December 8, 2017

Adèle Naudé Santos and Débora Mesa's plan for low-income housing in Colombia includes a market square within the proposed live-work neighborhood.

MIT architects, planners honored for sustainable design

MIT faculty and alumni projects are recognized for excellence in the international LafargeHolcim Awards competition.

December 1, 2017

At least 30 MIT faculty, research staff, and alumni are listed throughout Forbes’ seventh annual 30 Under 30 edition, featuring some of the world’s best young innovators.

MIT brainpower highlighted in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 lists for 2018

Forbes calls this year's 30 Under 30 lists an "encyclopedia of creative disruption."

November 21, 2017

MIT Associate Provost Richard Lester, left, during the launch of the China Future City Lab, Friday, November 17, 2017. Lester welcomed executives from the lab's group of founding partners at a formal signing ceremony.

MIT launches China Future City Lab

New urban studies program to spur research and innovation in China.

November 20, 2017

Martin Rein, former professor of urban studies and planning, dies at 89

Expert in social policy and social reform, especially the welfare state and retirement policy, was a longtime MIT professor.

November 15, 2017

Visiting artist B. Stephen Carpenter II, the Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST) and the Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Using art to disrupt systems of oppression

Visiting Artist B. Stephen Carpenter II examines issues of access, privilege and the global water crisis.

November 15, 2017

With the right business model, solar panels and pumps could be a promising sustainable irrigation approach for smallholder farmers in India.

MIT researchers release evaluation of solar pumps for irrigation and salt mining in India

Study of solar pump technology use in India assesses technical performance and explores innovative business cases to increase user adoption.

November 13, 2017

First row (l-r): Erica James, Christoph Reinhart, Ana Miljački, Janelle Knox-Hayes, Hugh Herr. Second row (l-r): Mariana Ibañez, Judith Barry, Danielle Wood, Neri Oxman, Lauren Jacobi. Third row (l-r): Jinhua Zhao, Miho Mazereeuw, Sarah Williams, William (Liam) O’Brien, Jason Jackson.

Faculty additions and promotions at the School of Architecture and Planning

Five join the SA+P faculty, while 10 are recognized for work in art, architecture, urbanism, and design.

November 7, 2017

Bruno Verdini leads a class discussion for 11.011 (The Art and Science of Negotiation.) Verdini is a lecturer on urban planning and negotiation in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, as well as the executive director of the MIT-Harvard Mexico Negotiation Program.

“A good negotiator can be exactly who you are"

Bruno Verdini leads a popular new class on negotiation skills.

November 2, 2017

Researchers looked at 11 metro areas — including Atlanta, Georgia, pictured — to examine how much local emissions-reductions programs can help combat climate change. They found that there is likely to be greater impact in the area of residential energy rather than transportation, especially given local hurdles against more compact development.

How cities can fight climate change most effectively

Energy-efficient construction is key to lowering urban emissions, study finds.

October 26, 2017

"Strange Weather," appearing at the 2018 Seoul Biennale, focuses on artificial distinctions between interior and exterior.

Innovative MIT projects at the Seoul Biennale

Projects by School of Architecture and Planning faculty, researchers, and alumni explore the exhibition's theme of “Imminent Commons.”

October 26, 2017

A "mapathon" hosted at MIT helped to develop a crowdsourced map of Puerto Rico's infrastructure damaged by two recent hurricanes. The map seeks to help aid agencies assess where to concentrate relief efforts on the ground.

Mapathon seeks to direct humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico

Boston-area volunteers gather at MIT to help identify post-hurricane conditions in the territory

October 16, 2017

Winners of the 2017 Better World Media Contest: At left, Max Freitas and his D-Lab project partner Hope Chen (pictured, with patient) developed and field tested prosthetics with Rise Legs through MIT-India. Right: Dou Dou '17 brought over 80 Israeli and Palestinian high school students together by teaching them computer science and entrepreneurship through MIT-MEET.

Tackling the world’s challenges in the field

MISTI media contest showcases MIT students working to build a better world.

October 2, 2017

Volunteers and rescuers work at a collapsed building at Colonia Roma, Mexico City.

Targeted, crowdsourced aid for Mexican earthquake victims

MIT team’s online platform links those who need aid with those who can help. (Este artículo está disponible en español.)

September 24, 2017

Erica James, associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, co-presents with Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (not pictured) on the results of their research project, Leverage Points: Opportunities for Increasing Food Production in Developing Countries, funded by ...

Projects make inroads on global food and water challenges

MIT researchers supported by J-WAFS present results of their work on food and water security.

September 21, 2017

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