Annette Kim

Annette Kim is an American academic and urban planner. Kim is an associate professor at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy, and Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab (SLAB). Kim previously served as associate professor at MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Annette Miae Kim
OccupationAssociate Professor
Academic background
EducationWellesley College (BA)
Harvard University (MA)
University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD)
ThesisMaking a Market: The Institutions Supporting Ho Chi Minh City's Urban Land Development Market (2002)
Academic work
DisciplineHousing and Land Use
International Development Planning
Art and Culture Placemaking
Urban Spatial Data and Visualization
InstitutionsUSC Price School of Public Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Kim has commented extensively on the sidewalk economy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and on the recent sidewalk clearing campaign led by the District 1 People's Committee. Kim published Sidewalk City: Re-mapping Public Space in Ho Chi Minh City in 2015, which presented an ethnography of public space in Ho Chi Minh City that provides usage to pedestrians and street vendors alike.

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