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RESEARCH:: Behavioral Interactions

What are the relationships between the places we build, our social communities, travel behavior, and energy use and environmental effects?  I have aimed to answer this question in places such as:

  • Santiago de Chile, most recently examining the relationship between the built environment, household travel greenhouse gas and local pollutant emissions.
  • In Boston, MA, examining the inter-relationships among residential preferences, community choice, physical form and local travel behavior among the baby boomers
  •  In China, looking at the relationship between neighborhood design and total household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions

More details on: projects and publications.