Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses

...because no system of classification can capture all the dimensions of a country within a consistent framework. The First World has been historically associated...

...The semester will begin with an overview of risk, vulnerability, resilience and then focus on disaster institutions, policy, and politics. We will conclude... Learn about: Land Use, IT risk...

...In this theme we explore collaborative approaches as a better way to incorporate science into environmental policy. A simple hypothesis that we will test... Learn about: Decision Making...

...Students who have taken the two-semester regional economics sequence in 11.481 and 11.482 will find this seminar especially useful, but others are very welcome...

...2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session This is the second part of a one year seminar. The calendar section details the topics for each class meeting...

...and transportation policy and technology options and examples of successful implementation. After these lectures, Part II of the course will be dedicated to the two case studies... Learn about: Public Sector, Land Use, Quality Training...

...There's no signup, and no start or end dates. Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. We don't offer... Learn about: Urban Design...

...In the wake of Katrina the entire gulf coast is embroiled in a struggle over what constitutes "appropriate" rebuilding and redevelopment efforts...

...Other problems and complications in the neighborhood are environmental, as it is home to a number of former industrial sites and is located adjacent to the Connecticut River...

...the student may pick one of the following two options: 1) A Report on one Transition Country's Path of Transition 2) A Final Paper on a Specific Urban... Learn about: Professor Training...

...Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. We don't offer credit or certification for using OCW. Made for sharing . Download files for later...

...This class examines the history and theory of historic preservation, focusing on the United States, but with reference to traditions and practices in other countries... Learn about: Built Environment...

...Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. We don't offer credit or certification for using...

...value, and real estate financial value. The course draws on faculty members from the Center for Real Estate, the City Design and Development Group... Learn about: Real Estate, Urban Design...

...beautify blighted landscapes and reuse vacant, contaminated sites in a sustainable manner while attracting new uses that further neighborhood economic... Learn about: Team Training...

...individuals mentally organize their own sensory experience of cities. Increasingly, however, city imaging is supplemented and constructed by exposure to visual media...

...and determining the country’s future. Lectures: 1 session / week, 1.5 hours / session Colloquium: 1 session / week, 2 hours / session This course is being...

...From the World Bank to the World Social Forum, the virtues of participation are extolled: from its capacity to "deepen democracy" to its ability to improve governance...

...The District has recently completed a planning effort in which several design institutes and a Hong Kong planning firm prepared ideas for a new central area near the river...

...the workshop targeted three focus areas integral to this vision: the waterfront, the north-south axis and the south side. In the winter and spring of... Learn about: Quality Training, Urban Design...