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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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