Faculty Work

Linda Shi

CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi coauthors a paper published in Climatic Change examining five leading U.S. state, county, and local buyout programs to see what they teach us about redesigning future federal policies.

Nicholas J. Klein

CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein coauthors research, published in Transfers Magazine, which aims to reorient transportation investments away from the idea that construction solves congestion.

Seth Reichert, a UCLA M.U.R.P. student, interviews CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein and others about traffic congestion and induced demand.

John Carruthers

The just-published Handbook on Smart Growth contains a chapter, "Urban Containment as Smart Growth," coauthored by John Carruthers alongside doctoral student Hanxue Wei and Lucien Wostenholme (B.S. URS '23).

Mildred Warner

Awarded the John Stewart Prize for Best Article, this research published in Local Government Studies explores the impact of unionization on contracting dynamics using a panel of 523 U.S. local governments from 2007 to 2012.

John Carruthers

Forthcoming in a special issue of the Journal of Geographical Systems, lead author and doctoral student Yating Ru (M.R.P. '17) and Carruthers examine the impact of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa on child health.

John Carruthers

An analysis of Seattle’s redevelopment under Washington State’s urban containment policy and the city’s own urban village plan, coauthored by John Carruthers alongside doctoral student Hanxue Wei and Lucien Wostenholme (B.S. URS '23)

Linda Shi

CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi contributed to this exploration of common biases and argues why this housing type deserves greater attention.

Sara Bronin

Forbes surveys work tackling the technological evolution of complicated zoning issues, including the National Zoning Atlas Project spearheaded by CRP Professor Sara Bronin.

Jenny Sabin, Stephan Schmidt

The 2022 round of Academic Venture Fund seed grants will support nine collaborative projects, including work involving Architecture Associate Professor Jenny Sabin and CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt, the Cornell Chronicle reports.

Nicholas J. Klein

A paper coauthored by CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research explores the policy preferences of various stakeholders to identify points of consensus and divergence.

Sara Bronin

In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Professor Sara Bronin explains that in order for President Biden's incentives for zoning reform to be most effective, there's a need to collect a lot more data.

Mitch Glass

The Cornell Chronicle highlights "Undisciplining the University Through Shared Purpose, Practice, and Place," a paper coauthored by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass that identifies drivers that bring different disciplines together in joint research.

Suzanne Lanyi Charles

In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Associate Professor Suzanne Lanyi Charles offers suggestions on how to protect families from the practices of mega-landlords who compromise housing stability, security, and affordability.

Sophie Oldfield

CRP Chair Sophie Oldfield is an editor of this innovative toolkit exploring how alternative urban futures can be imagined by addressing the historical injustices and global entanglements that shape the urban present. 

Linda Shi

Assistant Professor Linda Shi, CRP, will assist the new NYC Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice in connecting housing advocacy groups, community organizations, academics, and government staff to develop strategies for flood relief.

Linda Shi

In Housing Policy Debate, CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi and co-authors say research is needed to assess how resident-owned models of manufactured housing communities impact hazard vulnerability.

Victoria A. Beard

In the Journal of Environmental Management, CRP Professor and Associate Dean of Research Initiatives Victoria A. Beard analyzes the urban sanitation service provision gap in cities in the Global South.