RESEARCH

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The joint interdisciplinary Urban Futures Lab is a collaboration between three units at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas:

 

• School of Architecture

• Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering

• Greenspun College of Urban Affairs

 

RESEARCH PROGRAM

The Lab is structured in five broad and intertwined research areas:

 

• RESILIENCE - Urban resilience and ecology: transforming communities

• HEALTH - Mobility, urban health, and well-being

• HOUSING - Affordable housing, mixed-use urban living

• TECHNOLOGY - Integrated technologies, big data, and sustainable construction

• POLICY - Urban governance, policy, and transition pathways

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Each of these five thematic research areas is led by an eminent academic.