In the remote desert of Nevada, an MIT team designs shelter for all species. In…

Study suggests how much competition in the urban ride market can grow before gridlock sets in. In theory, competition among ride-hailing companies should be a good thing, providing more options for consumers. In practice, having too many ride-hailing vehicles adds to urban congestion. How can cities balance these factors? A…

Excerpts from a new book by Eran Ben-Joseph and Tali Hatuka Since the Industrial Revolution, cities and industry have grown together; towns and metropolitan regions have evolved around factories and expanding industries. “New Industrial Urbanism” explores the evolving and future relationships between cities and places of production, focusing on the…

New effort empowers MIT researchers to shape real estate’s future and build responsibly and sustainably. To appreciate the explosive urbanization taking place in Asia, consider this analogy: Every 40 days, a city the equivalent size of Boston is built in Asia. Of the $24.7 trillion real estate investment opportunities predicted…

MITdesignX and Entrepreneurship Education at MIT — By Jean-Jacques Degroof When the MIT School of Architecture and Planning launched design venture accelerator MITdesignX in 2016, the Institute had been growing and evolving its entrepreneurial ecosystem for several decades, becoming a world-renowned example of excellence in entrepreneurship education. Such extensive support for entrepreneurship was firmly based on MIT’s…

Prestigious grants will support full-time doctoral research abroad for the MIT architecture and urban planning students. Two MIT doctoral students in the MIT School of Architecture and Planning have received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation Research Award. Courtney Lesoon and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Yarina are the first awardees from…

A new book from the MIT Future Heritage Lab goes inside a Syrian refugee camp to uncover the creative lives of its inhabitants. The Azraq refugee camp in Jordan hosts about 35,000 people displaced by the Syrian civil war, who live in rows of small white steel sheds. Several years…

A long-term study of Melbourne, Australia, shows how urban development and change affects pedestrians, not just automobiles. When urban development takes place, a traffic impact assessment is often needed before a project is approved: What will happen to auto traffic if a new apartment building or business complex is constructed…

By Jeff Levine Lecturer of Economic Development and Planning/MIT Excerpt from “Leadership in Planning: How to Communicate Ideas and Effect Positive Change” Why do you want to be a planner? This is one of my favorite job interview questions. It is also one of the best things that graduate school advisors and professors can ask their students. Unfortunately…