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MIT Urban Planning @mitdusp.bsky.social

@MITdusp

The Department of Urban Studies + Planning at MIT's School of Architecture + Planning @mitsap / Related: @mitarchitecture @medialab @MITCRE

 Cambridge, MA
Joined October 2010
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More than half of Bostonians spend more than 30% of their income just to keep themselves housed. Students in Interactive Data Visualization & Society worked in teams to build digital tools to tackle the housing affordability challenge in Boston. More: bit.ly/idvs25
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Awards and honors for case studies, work, community building and influence in the Boston area; three student-teams recognized for urban design excellence; and more in this month's roundup of DUSP community news: bit.ly/duspItm425
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The cover of Making Home, showing clothes hanging on a line in front of a mobile home

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How do peacekeeping missions plan for their withdrawal from a conflict zone & why it is so difficult to make peace sustainable? @MIT_alumni Silvia Danielak (PhD ‘23) explores in the context of the end of the AU-UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur. More: bit.ly/danielakUnamid
Rwandan peacekeepers march at UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher during the 2012 commemoration of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

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Learn how the MIT Renewable Energy Clinic utilizes a nonpartisan approach to work with communities considering offshore wind infrastructure to help uncover & address potential challenges. More: bit.ly/chunOffshore IC: William Jones via @WikiCommons
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How might the #policy, #urbanplanning, & #architecture help design interventions for issues surrounding the City of Baltimore's housing vacancy challenge? A joint MIT/MSU class uses these fields to seek pathways to a more just & thriving Baltimore. More: bit.ly/mitmsuBaltimore
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A new DUSP Open Learning course, Leadership in Planning, offers practical skills and techniques for leading planning initiatives and public organizations. Learn more and enroll for free: bit.ly/leadershipInPlanning
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How can we tap into spirituality, reverence, or deeply held values to drive meaningful civic engagement & systemic change? @WeWhoEngage_MIT, a podcast led by Ceasar McDowell & Ayushi Roy (MCP '19), explores in its third season. More: bit.ly/weWhoEngage3 IC: Casey Murano
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From recognition for excellence; the changing state of affordable housing & mobility; honoring the contributions of Alice Amsden & Mel King; to celebrating a student's identity through dance, all this & more in this month's roundup of DUSP community news: bit.ly/duspInt325
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Does urban science -- using computational methods & data analysis to address urban planning challenges -- perpetuate historical racial inequities & if so, how could we realize a reparative urban science? Wonyoung So explores in @Planning_theory: bit.ly/soReparativeUrbanScie…
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Many people are living in energy poverty - meaning they spend at least 8% of their annual household income on energy - a new study shows how coaching & data can help reduce their consumption & costs. More: bit.ly/energyPoverty
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