Alain Bertaud

Alain Bertaud, an urbanist, is currently a senior research scholar at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management. His primary area of research is the impact of markets, transportation, and regulations on urban form. He just completed a book on urban planning and markets to be published by MIT Press in November 2018 under the title Order without Design: How Markets Shape Cities.

Bertaud previously held the position of principal urban planner at the World Bank, where he worked on urban policy and urban infrastructure mainly in South Asia, in transition economies such as China, Russia, and countries of Eastern Europe. Previously, he worked as a resident urban planner in a number of cities around the world: Bangkok, San Salvador, Port Au Prince, Sana’a, New York, Paris, Tlemcen, and Chandigarh.