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Designing for better lives
Flavio Emilio Vila Skrzypek, a graduate student in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, wants to design cities without inequities. WEBWIRE – Monday, March 20, 2023 Even though Flavio Emilio Vila Skrzypek left his native country of Peru to study at MIT, you can tell immediately that his homeland is close to his heart. Vila, who is pursuing a masters in city planning, has made it his mission to improve land-use policy back home. Property policies in Peru should learn from the failure of past policies, he says. Informal settlements, which have been established outside of the formal systems ... Read more