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Exploring urban activity patterns using electric smart meter data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
This thesis uses electricity consumption data from household and enterprise-level smart meters in County B, Country A, and Turin, Italy, to explore temporal and geographic variations in urban energy consumption and thus ...
The spatial and institutional factors of knowledge production at MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Academic research is increasingly cross-disciplinary and collaborative - around the globe and within institutions. In this context, what is the role and relevance of the campus? I examine the scholarly output and collaboration ...
How can we tackle persistent poverty in deprived neighborhoods? : lessons from the US and the UK
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Since the late 1980s, there has been a broad consensus in the US and the UK that the persistent concentration of poverty in deprived neighborhoods results in negative area effects on local residents, including low aspirations ...