This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

 

Projects

Students completed four two-page reaction essays, one 20-page final research paper, and prepared a presentation on their final topic. Below are examples of papers done by the students who took this course. Courtesy of anonymous students. Used with permission.

Final Research Paper

"The Geography of Energy Security: International Investments in the Afghan Ring Road" (PDF)

Response Papers

"Infrastructure Investments" (PDF)

"Infrastructure Funding, Financing, and Delivery" (PDF)

"Strategies for Addressing Energy Challenges" (PDF)

"Energy Security and the U.S. Energy Infrastructure System" (PDF)

"Infrastructure investment and Economic Development in China" (PDF)

"Response to Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development in Rural China By Fan and Zhang (2004)" (PDF)

"Energy Market: To Regulate or To Deregulate?" (PDF)

"Impact Factors of Energy Intensity in China" (PDF)