Professor Enrique Silva published in Planning Theory

Metropolitan College City Planning professor Enrique Silva was recently published in Planning Theory, the premier journal on the subject. The journal is edited by the highly regarded planner and theorist Jean Hillier, and Enrique’s paper is published along contributions from leading scholars such as Ananya Roy from UC Berkeley. The abstract for Silva’s article “Deliberate […]

Haiti, One Year Later

One year ago today, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake leveled much of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. In a video featured on BU Today, Metropolitan College Professor Enrique Silva, who was part of the first BU group and has since returned to Haiti three times, talks about the work yet to be done. See the […]

Professor Silva Quoted in Globe

Urban Affairs Professor Enrique Silva was quoted in this recent, very moving Boston Globe article about the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake: “The people who were the most vulnerable before the earthquake are equally or more vulnerable now,’’ said Boston University urban planning professor Enrique Silva, who recently returned from Haiti. “The earthquake disrupted whatever […]

Prof. Silva Quoted on Efforts to Revitalize Downtown Crossing

Professor Enrique Silva was quoted yesterday in the Boston Globe on the state of Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood. Though the area has been struggling in recent years, it appears that a revival in destination dining could be helping to rejuvinate the district. It could take years to bring that activity back, said Enrique Silva, assistant […]

Ground Up, Rethinking Haiti

Urban Affairs and City Planning Professor Enrique Silva appeared in the slides/audio interviews throughout this BU Today piece on the January trip to Haiti. Their team also included Jean Lucien Ligondé (MET ’09), Anuradha Mukherji (MET lecturer in city planning and urban affairs), and Elisabeth Coicou (MET ’10).

Haiti Leaders, BU Team Share Long-Term Goals

Today’s BU Today leads with the story on the team visiting Haiti this week, and their meeting with the president of this devastated country. The article’s author, Seth Rolbein, is part of this group. Others are working on campus through the CAS Geography department. The others in Haiti are all affiliated with MET – Professor […]

Mapping a Disfigured Port-au-Prince

As you might know, Urban Affairs Professor Enrique Silva is in Haiti working with the Ministry of the Interior on Haiti’s recovery plans. He is part of a small BU team there and here. An article in today’s BU Today shares some behind-the-scenes work from the on-campus group. Enrique is traveling with MET part-time instructor, […]