Study: Ending an eviction moratorium increases Covid-19 hazard

Results show infection rates increase across communities; individuals in low-income areas and those in poor health are at highest risk.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 30, 2021 ~7 min

Countering climate change with cool pavements

Researchers affiliated with the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub find that paving material selection could mitigate extreme heat and greenhouse gas emissions.

Andrew Logan | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
Aug. 22, 2021 ~10 min


New directions in real estate practice

Professor Siqi Zheng promotes sustainable urbanization at MIT’s Center for Real Estate.

Maria Iacobo | School of Architecture and Planning • mit
July 12, 2021 ~9 min

Study reveals a universal travel pattern across four continents

Globally, people follow a “visitation law” — an inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
May 26, 2021 ~6 min

Counting pedestrians to make pedestrians count

Andres Sevtsuk’s new work estimates foot traffic in cities — so planners and developers can study the flow of people, not just vehicles.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
April 15, 2021 ~6 min

School of Architecture and Planning creates climate action plan

Aims to reduce carbon emissions through changes in procurement, waste tracking, airline travel, and other areas of operation.

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Jan. 26, 2021 ~9 min

When playing favorites can hurt growth

Study finds China’s industrial-park policy is better for productivity when political connections are not a factor.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 7, 2020 ~7 min

Testing sewage to home in on Covid-19

Letting an algorithm decide which maintenance holes to test for evidence of coronavirus could improve pandemic containment efforts.

Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society • mit
Oct. 28, 2020 ~5 min


Does ride-sharing substitute for or complement public transit?

In the Chinese city of Chengdu, one-third of ride-sharing might replace public transit trips.

Gavin Choo | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology • mit
July 27, 2020 ~6 min

Discerning the texture of urban resilience

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers are investigating how the layouts, or textures, of cities influence extreme weather events.

Andrew Logan | Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
March 30, 2020 ~10 min

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