Will the new industrial city work?
At MIT symposium, promise of advanced manufacturing suggests new ways to reshape urban space.
Department
Urban Studies and Planning
At the intersection of real estate and urban economics
Albert Saiz leads research efforts looking at what's really going on in real estate and urban housing markets.
Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
Calestous Juma receives Lifetime Africa Achievement Prize
3 Questions: Calestous Juma on African development
MIT event spotlights new approaches to economic growth on the continent.
Ride-sharing could cut cabs’ road time by 30 percent
A new analytic framework enables analysis of GPS data on 150 million cab rides in New York City.
Planning differently
Inspired by Los Angeles, graduate student John Arroyo takes a new approach to urban planning.
JoAnn Carmin, expert on cities and climate change, dies at age 56
Professor examined urban responses to climate change; conducted extensive research in Africa, South America.
Going local in the "Coral Triangle"
MIT researcher Kelly Heber is helping Balinese fishing communities build coral-reef management systems in the most vulnerable marine habitats.
A new approach to negotiations
Book emphasizes importance of long-term, strategic thinking in negotiations
The cold, hard truth about Arctic policy
Lawrence Susskind talks about the unprecedented policy issues emerging in the Arctic as melting sea ice opens up new opportunities for deep-sea mining and drilling.
Study: Commuting times stay constant even as distances change
Research on urban mobility shows how transportation options let commuters limit time in transit.
Resilient places
New MIT initiative will respond to the deeply human challenge of rebuilding after blight or catastrophe