Urban studies and planning

Helping cities adapt to climate changeField-based graduate training program releases new publication

Chris Zegras on greenhouse gases and the built environmentpresented by Transportation@MIT

Creating affordable space for artistsAn SA+P Initiative in Urban Planning and Development

Moving in circlesMIT scholar’s new book scrutinizes the successes and failures of a unique government experiment meant to help America’s urban poor.

Helping out in HaitiA wave of student and faculty efforts in SA+P

An altered stateAs Mexico’s violence persists, an MIT scholar says a solution must address the economic dislocations tied to the country’s rapid urbanization.

Three from MIT win Gates scholarships

Using plants to purify canal waterResearchers outline a natural way to clean Italy's polluted Pontine Marshes

Slideshow: A Terrascope spring breakStudents visit Abu Dhabi to learn about plans for the world’s first carbon-neutral city

An open, collaborative spaceNew Media Lab building is designed to foster collaboration, sharing, communication and experimentation.

Rebuilding HaitiMIT scholars with ties to Haiti discuss the country's future

Media Lab Complex formally opens this weekMIT community is invited to a free open house on Friday, followed by a public conference with architect Fumihiko Maki the following day.

Architecture student wins $15K in worldwide competitionProposal Would Create Large Recreational Network in Mumbai

3 Questions: Lawrence Vale on rebuilding HaitiAn MIT urban design expert explains why devastated cities are nearly always rebuilt — but why Haiti faces special challenges to reconstruction.

The Future of Urban MobilityA Global Collaboration to Make Urban Transport Sustainable

SA+P team wins major urban design competitionInterdisciplinary proposal awarded top prize of $50,000

SA+P wins a third of MIT’s Fulbright scholarshipsStudents will travel to Mexico, Syria and Switzerland

MIT global web site seeks visions for JerusalemSite is loaded with interactive tools and resources to help foster dialogue, ideas, and solutions for cities of conflict

Planning students sweep affordable housing awardsTake first-, second- and third-place honors as well as honorable mention

SA+P’s growing role in MIT’s Energy Initiative

Good food nationMIT researchers think America's obesity epidemic can be reversed via ‘foodsheds,’ in which healthier, more affordable food is produced and consumed regionally.

SA+P’s lead role in Transportation@MIT

Of note: Race, Politics and American Media

Tracking trashProject aims to raise awareness of how garbage impacts the environment

Q&A with William Wheaton on the housing recoveryThe slow and painful recovery under way in the beleaguered U.S. housing market probably won't be complete for another two years, says Professor of Economics and Urban Studies William Wheaton, director of MIT's Center for Real Estate.

An urban planner's dreamAn interview with DUSP's Judith Layzer