Urban Studies and Planning

“Design is one of many forces that can contribute to improving society. As a physical piece of most people’s lives, it is very important,” says Brent Ryan, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Blueprints for renewal

Professor of urban design and public policy Brent Ryan believes good architecture can help revive cities.

September 19, 2016

STL Lab and MIT Game Lab project participants work together to develop and test a socially responsible real estate game.

A novel approach to teaching socially responsible real estate: games

MIT’s Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab uses gaming to advance its mission in China.

September 2, 2016

A study led by MIT researchers suggests that using mobile-phone data to track people’s movement provides a deeper picture of exposure to pollution in urban settings, compared to only studying air-quality levels in fixed places.

Measuring exposure to pollution

Mobile-phone data helps researchers study an urban problem in greater detail.

September 1, 2016

Lily Bui (center) poses at a GPS painting event in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Integrating user-collected data in city planning

Lily Bui draws upon science, art, and public advocacy to enrich urban design.

August 26, 2016

Field test participant Asma Patham uses a water test kit in the Khodiyarnagar neighborhood of Ahmedabad.

MIT-USAID program releases technology evaluation of water test kits

Study of water test kits used in Gujarat, India, assesses suitability, scalability, and sustainability.

August 23, 2016

Judith Tendler, professor emerita in urban studies and planning, dies at 77

With an optimistic outlook, Tendler combined development economics and organizational theory to advise governments.

July 27, 2016

Assessing health impacts of policies and plans

New class offers urban planners tools to explore the intersection of city planning and public health.

July 26, 2016

“The Cultures of Markets: The Political Economy of Climate Governance,” by Janelle Knox-Hayes (pictured), published by Oxford University Press.

Market makers

Good emissions trading programs are unique, not one-size-fits-all, new book argues.

July 26, 2016

“Beijing Studio” celebrates 30 years

MIT–Tsinghua collaboration grapples with urban issues in China.

July 14, 2016

Xian Village in Guangzhou, China, is a project under redevelopment.

DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.1 million in second round of faculty research funding

Nine grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers.

July 11, 2016

“The idea is one simple technology can have this huge impact on someone's well-being. But today there are a lot of technologies out there such as solar lanterns or water filters, and there's no way to systematically evaluate what works and what doesn't work on the ground,” says Cauam Cardoso, a PhD student in international economic development at MIT.

Seeking simple solutions with huge impacts

PhD student Cauam Cardoso assesses technologies that aim to help the world’s poor.

July 8, 2016

Lit up at night, the PREPHub attracts the attention of passersby.

Art and science merge in a disaster readiness haven

Innovative off-grid PREPHubs structures house basic services needed in the aftermath of a disaster.

July 7, 2016

“The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life” (Yale University Press), co-written by Carlo Ratti (pictured), director of the Senseable City Lab and a professor of the practice in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Cities of tomorrow

New book by Senseable City Lab researchers presents vision of data-driven urban design.

July 5, 2016

Eight from MIT awarded 2016 Fulbright grants

Grantees will spend the 2016-2017 academic year conducting research abroad.

June 16, 2016

Former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala MCP ’78, PhD ’81 was the guest speaker at MIT’s 2016 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods.

At hooding ceremony, doctoral graduates urged to solve the world’s “toughest challenges”

Development leader Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala MCP ’78, PhD ’81 encourages graduates to tackle pressing issues.

June 2, 2016

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