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Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal
Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning
Director of the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies / Humphrey Fellows Program
Primary DLC
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
MIT Room:
9-435A
(617) 253-3270
sanyal@mit.edu
https://dusp.mit.edu/people/bish-sanyal
Areas of Interest and Expertise
Low Income Housing
Informal Employment and Micro Enterprises
Comparative Approaches to Administrative Decentralization (UNDP)
Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Service Delivery
Formalizing Informal Land Markets (Lincoln Land Institute)
International Development and Regional Planning (IDRP)
Development Planning
Recent Work
Projects
May 1, 2017
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Affordable Ergonomics: Designing Healthy Sewing Workstations for Workers in the Informal Economy
Principal Investigator
Bishwapriya Sanyal
August 27, 2015
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Evaluating Solar lanterns in Uganda
Principal Investigator
Bishwapriya Sanyal
August 18, 2015
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)
Principal Investigator
Bishwapriya Sanyal
November 10, 2001
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Special Program for Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)
Principal Investigator
Bishwapriya Sanyal
June 6, 2000
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
International Development Group (IDG)
Principal Investigator
Bishwapriya Sanyal
Books
Publication date:
August 2, 2012
Books
Christina D. Rosan,
Prof. Bishwapriya Sanyal
,
Prof. Lawrence Vale
Planning Ideas That Matter: Livability, Territoriality, Governance, and Reflective Practice
Related Faculty
Prof. Gary T Marx
Professor of Sociology, Emeritus
Dr. Mohammad Vazifeh
Research Affiliate
Prof. Lawrence E Susskind
Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning