Faculty Work
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Contracting Dynamics and Unionization: Managing Labor, Contracts, and Markets
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.
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Urbanization and Child Growth Failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Geographical Analysis
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.
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Planning and Markets at Work: Seattle Under Growth Management and Economic Pressure
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)
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Why Do Planners Overlook Manufactured Housing and Resident-Owned Communities as Sources of Affordable Housing and Climate Transformation?
CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi contributed to this exploration of common biases and argues why this housing type deserves greater attention.
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Three Women, Three Projects Bring Zoning into the Future to Fix Housing Crisis
Forbes surveys work tackling the technological evolution of complicated zoning issues, including the National Zoning Atlas Project spearheaded by CRP Professor Sara Bronin.
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Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.4 Million to New Sustainability Projects
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.
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Are Transportation Planning Views Shared by Engineering Students and the Public?
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.
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White House Nationwide Zoning Reform Effort Needs Data
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.
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Tear Down Academic Silos: Take an 'Undisciplinary' Approach
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.
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Renters Are the Overlooked Victims of Big Investors
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.
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What is Critical Urbanism? Urban Research as Pedagogy
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.
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Cornell Atkinson Advances Four Joint Research Projects, Deepens EDF Partnership
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.
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Resident-Owned Resilience: Can Cooperative Land Ownership Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation for Manufactured Housing Communities?
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.
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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Understanding The Sanitation Crisis In Global South Cities
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.
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Tracing the Spectacular Growth of New York City
Professor Thomas Campanella, CRP, moderates a conversation between filmmakers Ric Burns and James Sanders, authors of New York: An Illustrated History for the National Arts Club.
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What the Pandemic's "Open Streets" Really Revealed
In his Bloomberg CityLab op-ed, CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt examines popularity and pushback to covid-inspired traffic restrictions and street changes in U.S. cities.
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Toward Comparative Polycentricity Scores: Assessing Variations in Regional Delineation and Subcenter Identification
A paper by CRP's Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt and Ph.D. candidate Ryan Thomas examines comparative polycentricity indicators, which influence research and policies related to urban development.
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Bronin and Byrne's Historic Preservation Law, 2d ed
Coauthored by Professor Sara Bronin, CRP, and recently published by Foundation Press, the book is the first comprehensive set of teaching materials covering diverse topics vital to contemporary practice in property, land use, and real estate law.