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Jinhua Zhao, the Class of 1941 Professor of Cities and Transportation, has been appointed head of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, effective July 1. Zhao succeeds Christopher Zegras, who led the department since 2020. Zhao is a renowned transportation planner and scholar.
A new paper in PNAS defines an urban pulse as three key vital signs measuring a city's metabolic activity. The authors used NASA satellite data to capture dynamics like population growth and land expansion. These patterns could inform urban planning and help people evaluate neighborhoods for housing or business.
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