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Sep 25,2024
Alain Bertaud Guests on Podcasts
Apr 17,2024
Alain Bertaud’s Three Principles for
Metro Vancouver
Mar 07,2024
Artha Global Conversation
Jan 31,2024
Alain Bertaud Bestowed with Honorary Doctorate
from CEPT University
Sep 29,2023
Alain Bertaud Writes Regular Column
for Caos Planejado
Sep 21,2023
Alain Bertaud Is Honored in Vancouver
Sep 29,2023
Marron Program Spotlight:
Order Without Design
May 03,2023
Order Without Design Is Translated into
Portuguese and Discussed in Brazil
Apr 12,2023
Marron Scholars Participate in
NYU New Cities Conference
Apr 12,2023
Alain Bertaud Speaks on Urban Development
Mar 08,2023
Alain Bertaud Hosted By Harvard’s Growth Lab
Feb 09,2023
Order Without Design Available in Chinese
Oct 27,2022
Remembering Marie-Agnès Bertaud
Jul 27,2022
Alain Bertaud Speaks on Urban Planning Lessons
Jul 13,2022
Alain Bertaud Speaks on Reconstruction of Cities
After War
May 05,2022
Alain Bertaud Speaks About the Greater Bay Area
Feb 09,2022
The Last Urban Utopia: The 15-Minute City
By Alain Bertaud
Oct 06,2021
Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud Honored
at Vancouver Public Salon
Aug 04,2021
Alain Bertaud Discusses Urbanism on Caos Planejado
May 19,2021
Alain Bertaud Delivers Talk on Order vs. Planning
The Fight Between Spontaneous Order and Central Planning
Feb 18,2021
Alain Bertaud Participates in a Discussion
of Cities in a Post-COVID World
Apr 23,2021
Alain Bertaud in Foundation for Economic Education
Piece Featuring Order Without Design
Dec 07,2020
Bertaud Participates in Panel
on Core Housing Need in Canada
Oct 23,2020
Startup Societies Foundation Interviews Bertaud
Oct 07,2020
Alain Bertaud Participates in URBANvision Webinar
Sep 28,2020
Reading for Life
One of the Best Books Ever Written About Cities
Jul 30,2020
Alain Bertaud’s Book Continues to Make Its Mark
Jul 03,2020
"Order Without Design" Videos Series
May 29,2020
The Future of Cities in the Age of Pandemics
May 12,2020
A New Podcast with Alain and Marie-Agnes Bertaud
Feb 03,2020
Market-Based City Policy
a Q&A with Alain Bertaud
Dec 20,2019
Alain Bertaud Tops Multiple Year End Lists
Oct 28,2019
Alain Bertaud and Tyler Cowen
Talk Cities, Markets, and People
Jun 03,2019
Alain Bertaud on EconTalk with Russ Roberts
Dec 06,2018
Romer & Bertaud Discuss "Order without Design"
May 14,2018
Alain Bertaud's New Book from MIT Press
Coming October 2018
Feb 19,2014
Alain Bertaud: Cities as Labor Markets
Featured Press Posts
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Hindustan Times
Press
/ Feb 12,2025
Reform of Restrictive Land-Use Provisions
Will Be Tipping Point in Cities
spacing
Press
/ Dec 17,2024
Affordable Housing Article
Mentions Alain Bertaud
The Atlantic
Press
/ Mar 07,2024
City Planning’s Greatest Innovation
Makes a Comeback
Paris Beacon
Press
/ Mar 07,2024
Paris Is Worth More than a Publicity Stunt
The Globe and Mail
Press
/ Jan 31,2024
Cities Need (a Lot Less) Planning
The Washington Post
Press
/ Dec 13,2023
How the Suburbs Could Become 15-Minute Cities
City Journal
Press
/ Nov 08,2023
Alain Bertaud’s Vancouver Visit
The Atlantic
Press
/ Oct 05,2023
Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities?
City Journal
Press
/ Jun 29,2023
Urbanism’s Newest Controversy
The Telegraph
Press
/ Mar 08,2023
The 15-Minute City Isn’t a Conspiracy.
It’s Just a Bad Idea
CT Examiner
Press
/ Jan 20,2023
Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud in CT Examiner
Bloomberg Citylab
Press
/ Apr 13,2022
Alain Bertaud Critiques Building New Cities
Bloomberg Businessweek
Press
/ Sep 22,2021
Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud Mentioned
in Bloomberg Businessweek
il Foglio
Press
/ Sep 22,2021
Eric Goldwyn and Alain Bertaud
Mentioned in Il Foglio
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Press
/ Sep 02,2021
Atlanta Business Chronicle Notes Alain Bertaud
Bloomberg Citylab
Press
/ Jul 14,2021
Alain Bertaud Featured in Bloomberg CityLab
Reason
Press
/ Jun 23,2021
Alain Bertaud in Reason
Will Cities Survive 2020?
Xinhua News Agency
Press
/ Jun 08,2021
Xinhua News Agency Interviews Alain Bertaud
Slate.com
Press
/ Apr 23,2021
Alain Bertaud Mentioned in Slate
City Lab
Press
/ Oct 23,2020
The Street Grid Stages a Comeback
In a Land of Cul-de-Sacs
The Connecticut Mirror
Press
/ Apr 22,2020
Connecticut's COVID-19 Transit Challenges
National Review
Press
/ Feb 21,2020
Why Homes in the Bay Area Are Unaffordable
The Politic
Press
/ Feb 11,2020
A Conversation with Alain Bertaud
The MIT Press Reader
Press
/ Feb 10,2020
Do We Really Want Our Mayors to Have a Vision?
CityMetric
Press
/ Feb 03,2020
Minimum Space Standards Worsen the Housing Crisis
City Lab
Press
/ Dec 13,2018
Nolan Gray Interviews Alain Bertaud in CityLab
The Economist
Press
/ Jun 22,2018
The Prospects for China's Cluster City Strategy
Reuters
Press
/ Jan 19,2018
Urban Planning and Housing Prices
Leader: Alain Bertaud
Alain Bertaud
Senior Fellow / Director's Office Labs
Alain Bertaud is a Fellow at the Marron Institute. He is the author of a book about markets and the practice of urban planning titled “Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities” published by MIT Press in December 2018. Bertaud previously held the position of principal urban planner at the World Bank. After retiring from the Bank in 1999, he worked as an independent consultant. Prior to joining the World Bank he worked as a resident urban planner in a number of cities around the world: Bangkok, San Salvador (El Salvador), Port au Prince (Haiti), Sana’a (Yemen), New York, Paris, Tlemcen (Algeria), and Chandigarh (India).
Bertaud’s research, conducted in collaboration with GIS-expert Marie-Agnès Bertaud, aims to bridge the gap between operational urban planning and urban economics. Their work focuses primarily on the interaction between urban forms, real estate markets and regulations. Bertaud earned the Architecte DPLG diploma from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Bertaud has been recently interviewed about his book in podcasts by Russ Roberts and Tyler Cowen