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Undead Bed: Mattress Recycling in Boston
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022-05)
The Massachusetts’s Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) published the 2030 Solid Waste Master Plan in October 2021. As part of this plan, MassDEP issued a waste regulation that bans the disposal of mattresses ...
Using machine learning to identify populations at high risk for eviction as an indicator of homelessness
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Homelessness in the U.S. emerged as a social problem from the beginning of the last century and has persisted until today. Even though multiple projects like the McKinney Act have created channels of funding for homelessness ...
Envisioning Lower Allston’s future: Contested spaces at the margins of Harvard University’s expansion
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021-09)
Anyone who walks, bikes, rides a bus or a car around Lower Allston today cannot avoid noticing the extent to which the neighborhood is changing and being rebuilt. Changes in global education markets have motivated Harvard ...
The climate code : a framework to enhance emergency response through civic digital participation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
As the climate crisis continues to exacerbate the frequency and scale of severe weather events, emergency management professionals (EMPs)--responders and managers in charge of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery ...
Resilience special assessments for housing security : a model for mitigating climate and environmental gentrification in New York City
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Government spending will need to exceed billions of dollars in the coming years to protect New York City's shores from climate-related storm surges and sea level rise. Calls for these resources to advance social justice ...
Community remedies for civic disorientation, de-mobilization, and malinformation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Mis- and disinformation pose serious challenges to civic engagement and democratic processes. Recent developments in our understanding of "network propaganda" in media ecosystems suggest the need for novel community-based ...
A guide to palm oil in Indonesia : institutions and their effects on independent smallholder farmers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Palm oil, Indonesia's second-to-largest export (accounting for $18.2 billion annually or 2% of Indonesia's GDP) has taken the world by storm. While palm oil has historically remained a staple food crop in Africa and Southeast ...
Winning the housing lottery in Rio de Janeiro : curse or cure?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the Brazilian federal government launched My House, My Life (PMCMV), an ambitious program to build subsidized housing for over five million low-income families. While the program ...
Reclaiming time and space : bringing historical preservation into the future
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Historic preservation has disproportionately focused on buildings and sites that support the social construction of the white American citizen identity. This is why only 8% of the United States National Register of Historic ...
On shaky ground : how environmental hazards impact affordable housing development in San Francisco
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Recent academic literature shows that disaster events disproportionately impact low-income minority populations and renters, that these events further exacerbate income inequality, and that most high housing cost states ...