Urban dwellers yearn for 'Good Life' allotments
Scientists estimate "lost allotments" in the UK could have provided 6% of the population with their "five-a-day" diet.
Tags: urban-planning gardening
Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities
A new framework for learning from each other.
Tags: sustainability energy environment business climate china economics policy urban-planning research transportation school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences mit-energy-initiative
Coronavirus: Transport usage will change after lockdown
Public transport usage won't recover to pre-Covid19 levels once the lockdown ends, a survey suggests.
Tags: transport urban-planning bus-travel rail-travel
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Four out of 5 Americans live in cities, so urban planning can make a big difference in our lifestyles – especially if it promotes healthy diets and physical activity.
John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• conversation
Feb. 20, 2020 • ~8 min
Feb. 20, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: cities obesity exercise walking urban-planning bicycling urban-policy parks food-deserts city-parks
Better traffic signals can cut greenhouse gas emissions | MIT News
Analysis shows that smarter programming of stoplights could improve efficiency of urban traffic.
Tags: sustainability climate-change pollution greenhouse-gases urban-planning research transportation school-of-engineering algorithms civil-and-environmental-engineering traffic-management analytics
MIT Professional Education and Center for Real Estate announce new Certificate in Real Estate Finance and Development | MIT News
Enrollment open for a five-course certificate program.
Tags: finance urban-planning real-estate classes-and-programs education-teaching-academics sloan-school-of-management center-for-real-estate school-of-architecture-planning mit-professional-education
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