Blog: Morningside

Gillian

Dec 12, 20207 min read

SimCity vs Smart Cities - Gamification of Urban Planning

"The video game SimCity is addictive because of the simplicity of its underlying model." I got intrigued as soon as I read this from...

Gillian

Sep 10, 20206 min read

COVID19 and Theories of Information Diffusion 新冠病毒流行和信息传播理论

I learned this story in one of my Informatics class: A 2-year "water boiling" campaign was conducted in Peru in order to improve local...

Gillian

Sep 9, 20204 min read

Why study Urban Planning? 为什么学习城市规划？

Of course, I have put together application essays, using them to sell myself to the schools. There are details in my life which led me to...

Gillian

Sep 7, 20206 min read

Transportation, is it a derived demand? 交通是派生需求吗？

Growing up in Beijing, I spent a lot of time on the road. As soon as I had my parents’ permission when I was in elementary school, I...