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Dec 03, 2021. Posted by Takeo Kuwabara
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Empowered Citizens at the Margins
Reconceptualizing Big Data
Increasingly algorithmic processes are used by private and governmental actors to understand and craft interventions with the physical world. Through the lens of big data and data science, interventions are framed through an empirical lens, lending them an aura of impartiality and truth. Yet despite its empirical facade the world making of big data archiving is susceptible to a propensity to perpetuate systemic bias or singular perspectives of understanding the physical world it represents.
Researching Citizens Relationship to Urban Form and Amenities
Sep 24, 2021. Posted by Takeo Kuwabara
Urban form and mobility preferences
Urban planners and designers as well as city governance increasingly promote urban walkability as a means to tackle climate change, improve residents’ quality of life, and address socioeconomic inequities that auto-oriented development tends to exacerbate. In order to forecast the effects that envisioned changes to the built-environment could have on foot traffic, cities increasingly require quantitative, predictive pedestrian flow models.
Safeguarding Public Health with Eviction Moratoria
Aug 26, 2021. Posted by Takeo Kuwabara
Moving in Nairobi
Jul 30, 2021. Posted by Takeo Kuwabara
How does an individuals method of urban mobility impact their experience of a city and their perceptions of urban traffic? Moving in Nairobi, an exhibition that draws upon over 15 years of research, captures the city of Nairobi through the eyes of four commuters to explore this question.
Among the courses taught by Siqi Zheng is one identifying how real estate companies can be profitable while building and operating sustainably. Her class, 11.S949 (Sustainable Real Estate), at the MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE) attracts students from throughout the MIT School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P) and MIT Sloan School of Management. Harvard University students also cross-register to attend her course.
What skills are critical to the success of a city planner? Creativity, design instincts, data science, fluency in economics, community engagement? Jeff Levine, Lecturer of Economic Development and Planning, believes you should include leadership and communication skills in your list of traits emblematic of effective urban planners.
Envisioning a World Beyond Labor Precarity
Jun 29, 2021. Posted by Takeo Kuwabara
Impacts of Ride-Sharing on Urban Mobility
Transport network companies (TNCs), or ride-sharing companies, have gained widespread popularity across much of the world, with more and more cities adopting the phenomenon. While ride-sharing has been credited with being more environmentally friendly than taxis and private vehicles, is that really the case today, or do they rather contribute to urban congestion?
Positioning Racial Justice Internationally
Last year protests erupted in the U.S. and parts of South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the central message — Black Lives Matter. Ignited by the demonstrations for racial justice and police reform in the U.S., the protests around the world erupted in solidarity with the American cause, but took on the nuances of each context.
Dayna Cunningham, executive director of the Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) and a civil rights attorney who has devoted her career to promoting civic participation, building community partnerships, and advocating for underrepresented communities, has been named the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of Tuft University's Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life (Tisch College).