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MIT/DUSP
The Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a department within the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT. It is comprised of four specialization areas (also referred to as Program Groups): City Design and Development; Environmental Policy; Housing, Community and Economic Development; and International Development and Regional Planning. There are also two cross-cutting areas of study: Transportation Planning and Policy, and Urban Information Systems (UIS). The four major research areas of the department are: 1. City Design and Development (CDD) 2. Environmental Policy Group (EPG) 3. Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED) 4. International Development and Regional Planning (IDRP) [Summary provided by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .]