Faculty Bio: Lily Baum Pollans
Title:
Associate Professor
Room #:
1643HW
Phone:
(212)772-5515
Specialty
Areas:
Areas:
Sustainability, urban infrastructure, environmental justice, municipal solid waste, qualitative research methods
Common Courses Taught
URBG 702: Structure of the Urban RegionURBP 787.17/URBS: 403.1E Sustainable Environment: Issues and Challenges
URBS 102: Structure of the Urban Region
Education
PhD, MIT Department of Urban Studies and PlanningMCP, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Biography
Lily Baum Pollans researches the role of cities in managing waste with an eye towards encouraging city governments to be bolder actors on climate and environmental justice.
She is the author of Resisting Garbage: The Politics of Waste Management in American Cities (University of Texas Press, 2021) and is working on a new book about the history of the municipal regulation of plastics.
Prior to becoming an academic, Professor Pollans worked as an urban planner in both municipal and institutional settings on public transportation, public space design, and brownfield redevelopment. She has a Masters and a PhD in City Planning from MIT.