ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

 
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Economics of Green Cities

Green cities RCT experiments

Data science of green cities

Blue Skies over China

Course 11.413: “Economic Approach to Cities and Environmental Sustainability”

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Climate Change and Global Sentiment

Projects 

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Healthy Building

Projects

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Green Cities Practice 

MIT Sustainable Urbanization Practicum (11.S944)

PLACE-BASED POLICIES &

SELF-SUSTAINING URBAN GROWTH

 

Economics of New Cities

Industrial Parks: Productivity Gain, Misallocation cost, Political Connection

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Subway Network & Urban Vibrancy

​China studies

Global studies​

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City Growth and Real Estate Price Dynamics

Responses to Emerging Industries and Transportation Connectivity​

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Asia's New Cities

Towards Urban Economic Vibrancy: Patterns and Practices of Asia’s New Cities​

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High Speed Rail, Air Travel and  Connected-Cities

China’s High-Speed Rail

Global Air Travel and Venture Capital

 
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TEAM

Senior Researchers

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Siqi Zheng

Faculty Director and PI

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Zhengzhen Tan

Executive Director

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Jianghao Wang

Research Scientist

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Juan Palacios

Post-doctoral Researcher

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Simon Buechler

Post-doc associate, PhD in Real Estate Economics

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Weizeng Sun

Research Fellow and Affiliate

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Adriano Borges Costa

Post-doctoral Researcher

Lindsey Goodwin

Lindsey Goodwin

Program Assistant

Students

Yichun Fan

Ph.D. Student

Binzhe Wang

Ph.D. Student

Dongxiao Niu

Visiting Ph.D. Student

Matías Williams

Master of City Planning 21'

Camila Ramos Yanez

Master of City Planning 21'

Yuchen Chai

Master of City Planning 22'

Nicolas Jeanrenaud

Graduate Researcher

Alumni

Kristopher Steele     Master of City Planning, Master or MSRED

Tabea Sonneschein   Visiting Student

Guochen Zhai           Visiting Scholar

Colleen Chiu-Shee    Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Studies and Planning   

Ruichen Ni                Master of City Planning, Real Estate Development

James Shen              Principal, People’s Architecture Office

OPEN POSITIONS

Research Assistant (for MIT students)

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 - Green Cities

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