Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses

..."Third World." However, in this seminar, we will utilize the terms "First World" and "Third World", as short hand and as categories of convenience...

...Don't show me this again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: Land Use, IT risk...

...management focusing on joint fact finding as a new approach to environmental policy-making. Increasingly scientists and science organizations are confronting a conundrum... Learn about: Decision Making...

...We will start with some discussion of green accounting issues; then, we will cover a variety of theoretical and empirical topics related to spatial energy demand and supply...

...environmental disputes by reviewing concepts discussed in the fall seminar. Following this review, students will function as a project team and concentrate...

...After this presentation, each "stakeholder" student will produce a one to two page response to the "consultant" final recommendations. For the second... Learn about: Land Use, Public Sector, Quality Training...

...development and preservation of the natural and cultural landscape of the Cardener River Corridor in Catalunya Spain. The workshop is carried out in conjunction... 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...

...The three stages of the class project are the following: A number of long-standing ideas and proposals for economic development in the North End exist...

...However, in the common pursuit for economic growth, these transition countries implemented widely different reform strategies with mixed results... Learn about: Professor Training...

...to one of the two discussion questions (free choice). Students are expected to help guide subsequent class discussion. A two-week take-home essay...

...public policies and cultural attitudes shape how we preserve or do not preserve the built environment. The class will give students a grounding in the history... Learn about: Built Environment...

...Americans and the idea of race in the United States. Students are required to attend class, give oral presentations on readings and fieldwork...

...key challenges and questions to the group at the beginning of class. Participation and presence at all of the sessions is essential to the course's research objective... Learn about: Urban Design, Real Estate...

...exercises, and presentation of work in progress. Approximately one-quarter of the class sessions will be used to introduce economic and sustainable development concepts... Learn about: Team Training...

...the United States and abroad. The first few sessions of the Colloquium examine the interconnections between urban development and media, while the second...

...post-conflict countries; and planning for stability amidst insurgency and political conflict. Students are expected to read and critically assess the course readings...

...types of participation or the contexts in which it happens that bring about desirable outcomes — is the goal of the class. In order to gain some purchase on that...

...located in the northwest of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) - the fastest growing and most productive region of China. Gaoming is one of the districts within the Foshan Municipality...

...The City has recently engaged in several planning efforts that, with the help of consultants and experts, will help to identify strategies to revitalize... Learn about: Urban Design, Quality Training...