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January 14, 2022

Modeling Climate Adaptation in the Mekong Delta Region

Prestigious grants will support full-time doctoral research abroad for the MIT architecture and urban planning students.

City Design and Development

Environmental Policy + Planning

International Development

December 3, 2021

Economics Driving Migration in the Americas

A new survey underscores how material needs lead to movement within the Americas — at a high cost to those trying to relocate.

International Development

November 19, 2021

Visualizing Cities

Volume 16 of Projections centers on the relationship between the epistemology of data, data-driven measurements, and the politics of designing urban places.

November 15, 2021

Climate Action at MIT

Online events highlight progress with new climate planning bodies, campus improvements, and involvement of all parts of the MIT community.

City Design and Development

Environmental Policy + Planning

Housing, Community + Economic Development

November 5, 2021

Centering Pedestrians in Development and Urban Form

Long-term study of Melbourne, Australia, shows how urban development and change affects pedestrians, not just automobiles.

Environmental Policy + Planning

October 29, 2021

Committed to Caring 2021-2023

Honor recognizes professors who went the extra mile advising during the pandemic’s disruptions.

October 22, 2021

How the Brain Navigates Cities

We seem to be wired to calculate not the shortest path but the “pointiest” one, facing us toward our destination as much as possible.

City Design and Development

October 15, 2021

Bish Sanyal, ACSP's 2021 Distinguished Educator

International Development

October 8, 2021

Empowered Citizens at the Margins

PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.

International Development