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CompactCities : analyzing the urban spatial structure in cities with growth restrictions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
A compact city form is one that espouses high intensity development within a restrictive geographic area. Its perceived benefits include (a) saving agricultural land (b) inducing shorter commute trips, thus less consumption ...
Material worlds : [de]constructing the ethos of concrete in Mumbai
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
What can a building material tell us about a city? As the most widely used structural building material in the world, reinforced cement concrete shapes the urban form of several of our largest megacities Sao Paulo, Cairo, ...
The evolution of Al-Azhar Street, Al-Qahira, Egypt
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000)
The historic quarter of Cairo, al-Qahira, is going through a period intense transformation that is threatening the physical environment as well as the social and economic fabric of the city. The transformations taking place ...
Synthetic ecology : revisiting Mexico City's lakes project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Mexico City was founded 700 years ago on man made islets in the middle of a lake. Today, it faces a contradictory situation were water is running scarce, but simultaneously the city runs the risk of drowning in its own ...
Which way is up : towards accessible wayfinding in transit stations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Passengers' most frequent interaction with a rail transit system is at its stations, which represent the beginning, the end and sometimes the middle of transit trips. The design of these stations can greatly affect a user's ...
Work 'n' play in the informational city : F2F interaction and emerging work and leisure patterns
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The death of distance does not equal the death of cities and of urban life. Cities are transforming their roles and functions in reaction to a major technological shift --from post-industrial to informational. And contrary ...
The city design and the new Urban Revolution : conceptualizing catalytic, sustainable development in Mexico's second tier
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
What is the present role of technical change - particularly change in integrated Information-Communication Technology (ICT) - in facilitating sustainable urbanism in the developing world? Technological advancements are ...
The divine hand of the state? : how religion has influenced social policies for the poor in Iran
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
As a paramount concern in development planning, poverty alleviation encompasses a variety of agents and actions, depending on the larger context of organizations and political economy within which it is embedded. Iran has ...
Deep learning for sentiment and event-driven REIT price dynamics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
This research aims to figure out how textual information in the real estate news can be applied to predicting the price dynamics of REIT (real estate investment trust), a publicly traded security in the exchange whose ...
Using machine learning to identify populations at high risk for eviction as an indicator of homelessness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Homelessness in the U.S. emerged as a social problem from the beginning of the last century and has persisted until today. Even though multiple projects like the McKinney Act have created channels of funding for homelessness ...