Visible hand
Startup meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built
With Neighborly, Jase Wilson meshes crowdfunding and bond markets to change how cities are built.
Dispatches from the Paris climate talks
MIT attendees of COP21 share experiences, perspectives on outcomes
Missed opportunities
Health problems for children prevent families from moving to higher-income neighborhoods.
Pushing engineering boundaries to spur infrastructure innovation
MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference.
Water management in a changing environment
MIT Water Summit presents insights, innovations, and solutions to protect our world’s most abundant natural resource.
Rethinking urban life beyond the central city
Associate professor of architecture and urbanism Rafi Segal envisions “dispersed cities” designed to provide greater sociability and sustainability.
Illuminating urban planning
Jennifer Light studies how Cold War military analysis and New Deal resource analysis shaped cities.
MIT launches pilot program with Mongolia
Initiatives will focus on entrepreneurship, pedagogy, and urban planning.
Envisioning the future of water for 900 million people
Research from an MIT Tata Center team led by Professor James Wescoat is making strategic planning of India's rural water systems possible for the first time.
Game for climate adaptation
MIT-led project shows a new method to help communities manage climate risks.
Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater
MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage.
Charting a new course in Africa
John Fernandez and his colleagues explore urban resource consumption to help guide the development of rapidly growing African cities.