APA Research Center
Since 1949, APA’s program of applied research has resulted in practical, up-to-date information about best practices in urban and regional planning in the U.S.…
Brookings Institute
Research topics cover foreign policy, economics, development, governance and metropolitan policy. In the Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings experts examine how metropolitan areas are engaging…
Center for Advanced Urbanism
The MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism’s objective is to become the world’s pre-eminent cultural center about the design of metropolitan environments, integrating agendas in…
Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development
As an applied research center, CQGRD develops analytic tools and solutions that communities can implement in order to foster quality growth and development, both…
The OMEGA Center for the study of Mega Projects in Transport and Development
Funded by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) as a ‘global centre of excellence’ in ‘future urban transport’, the Centre is one of…
Across Latitudes and Cultures Center for Bus Rapid Transit
ALC-BRT is a Centre of Excellence for Bus Rapid Transit development implemented in Santiago, Chile, and financed by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations…
Center for Mediterranean Integration
the CMI works to produce the knowledge that makes possible informed choices in public policy. With its members and partners, the CMI aims to…
Cities Centre
As the University of Toronto’s urban research hub, Cities Centre fosters cross-disciplinary research that integrates and applies the expertise of its researchers, students and…
Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities
The Oxford Programme for the Future of Cities seeks to re-think the city, in theory and practice, as a flexible and evolving space that…
Cities Institute
The Cities Institute undertakes research into urban society in its human, physical and economic dimensions.