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Strengthening Consumer and Retailer Responsibility for TextileReuse and Donation in Cambridge and Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
According to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP), Massachusetts residents dispose of approximately 230,000 tons of textiles each year. In Boston and Cambridge, almost all household trash is ...
Impacts of Automated Buses on Travel Mode Preference for Different Income Groups and Density Areas
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-02)
Interest in promoting sustainable transportation continues to rise, and as a result, adopting more equitable, environmentally sustainable mobility is necessary. In the next decades, automated vehicles (AVs) could transform ...
Multifamily Affordable Housing Energy Retrofit Strategy for Richmond, CA
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Weatherization, energy efficiency, and electrification upgrades, which combined can be called energy retrofits, can reduce energy burden, provide health improvements through improved indoor air quality and increased comfort ...
Tabi. Tabbi. Tabique. Tabby.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
The uniqueness of tabby is based in its process of collecting local and accessible materials to produce concrete through a non-measured/estimated process. The origin of tabby as either the North African tabbi, or the ...
Participatory Zoning: Collectivity, contradictions, and the politics of inclusion in neighborhood planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)
The strength of individual property rights and the sovereignty those rights secure means that even a collective of neighborhood residents successfully engaging with public institutions are highly unlikely to achieve outcomes ...
Repetitive Flooding in Riverine Towns: Understanding Responses, Barriers, and Challenges for the Future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Climate change is predicted to increase the intensity of precipitation events and increase inland flooding in the United States in the coming decades (Allan et al., 2020; Easterling et al., 2017; Kerlin, 2019; Mallakpour ...
Imagining and building more equitable and democratic systems: lessons from Bay Area organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
America’s democratic system has been built atop politics of exclusion and oppression. While strides have been made in enfranchisement and inclusion, communities continue to be systematically marginalized, dispossessed and ...
Awarding Equitably: a process design framework for city grantmakers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
Internal processes such as hiring, procurement, and grantmaking are the hidden engine that power the delivery of local government services. My research begins with a case study on designing the City of Boston’s organization-wide ...
Olympic Challenge: Designing Equity into Mega-Events
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-09)
In 2028, the City of Los Angeles will host the Olympic Games for the third time since the start of the last century; the first and second times being 1932 and 1984. While hosting the Olympics is regarded as a high honor ...
Learning by Doing: Transitioning Healthcare Technology Innovations from MIT Labs to Resource-Scarce Communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023-06)
The affordability and accessibility of healthcare innovations is critical for the well-being of resourcescarce communities around the world. Yet little research centers on precisely how and when financial, material, and ...