Dr. Arianna Salazar Miranda

Biography

Arianna Salazar-Miranda is an Assistant Professor at the Yale School of the Environment, focusing on the intersection of urban planning, the built environment, human behavior, and sustainability. Her research employs a wide range of computational methods and utilizes large-scale, high-resolution data, including street imagery, GPS, LiDAR, and sensors. Her work investigates the impact of urban planning policies aimed at reducing vehicular traffic while promoting positive environmental and social outcomes. Salazar-Miranda has developed digital tools in partnership with cities and communities to inform sustainability efforts, including frameworks for measuring transportation modes and mapping Brazil's largest informal settlements using LiDAR data. With a Ph.D. in Computational Urban Science and Planning and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she brings a rich expertise in sustainable design and urban studies.

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