Title: Integrating Urban Modeling into Land Use and Transportation Planning

时间：12月15日 晚7:00-9:00

地点：C栋203室

Presenter:  Professor  Joseph Ferreira, Jr.

MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning

        Prof. Ferreira heads the Urban Information Systems Group and teaches analytical methods and computer-based modeling for planning and urban management, including courses involving extensive use of geographic information systems (GIS) and database management.  His research uses GIS and interactive spatial analysis tools to model land use, transportation, and environmental interactions and to build sustainable information infrastructures for supporting urban and regional planning.  He is a past-president of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) and has been principal investigator of numerous research projects involving interoperable geospatial services, metropolitan information infrastructure, and urban performance measures.