Faculty Work
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Revealing Climate Change Inequities, Redress, and Environmental Justice
CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi discusses her timely research on populations vulnerable to climate change injustices and the planning discipline's critical contributions to the global discussion on adaptation and the future of cities.
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Water Privatization: Lessons and Pitfalls
A recent special issue of Utilities Policy features an exploration of the current state of water privatization research around the globe, edited by policy expert and CRP Professor Mildred Warner.
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One Earth Voices: Inequalities Through the Lens of Science
CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi writes about social justice and recovery from the pandemic while decarbonizing and adapting to climate change. "Prioritizing Land Justice in U.S. Post-pandemic Recovery" appears in One Earth.
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How Spaces Become Places: Place Makers Tell Their Stories
In a new book edited by community-based planning and development Professor John Forester, CRP, case studies show how place makers build community trust and find possibilities and solutions in empty, contested, or unsafe spaces.
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Political Partisanship in Transportation Overshadows Strong Overall Support for Reform
An op-ed in The Hill coauthored by CRP's Nicholas Klein explains his research showing that while the nation is divided by partisanship, most Americans agree the transportation system isn't working and want change.
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Historical Marker To Honor Ithaca Birthplace of Tuskegee Airman Verdelle Louis Payne
A chance connection led CRP's Professor Thomas J. Campanella to tell the story of Verdelle Louis Payne, Ithaca-born and among the first Black pilots from Upstate New York as well as a military pilot in the U.S. Armed Forces.
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States That Prioritized Access to Water at Height of Pandemic Saved Lives
Featured by the Cornell Chronicle, a paper by lead author and public policy expert Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, says states that implemented moratoria on water shutoffs to protect vulnerable citizens reported better public health outcomes.
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ACHP Chairman Nominee Sara Bronin Takes Step Forward in Confirmation Process
In a Senate committee hearing, CRP Professor Sara Bronin pledged support for disaster recovery response to historic places, private investment in preservation, and the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and Native Hawaiian organizations.
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The Co-evolution of Commodity Flows, Economic Geography, and Emissions
A new book co-authored by Kieran P. Donaghy, Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, presents a dynamic analysis that incorporates features of input substitution, transportation pricing, economies of scale and scope, and emissions sources.
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Lessons From the Rise and Fall of the Pedestrian Mall
Associate Professor of Planning Stephan Schmidt's op-ed in Bloomberg looks at successful and resilient pedestrian malls built in the 60's and 70's and finds lessons that urban planners can implement now.
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Opinion: Climate Emergency Also A Housing Emergency
Professor Sara Bronin, CRP, shares her thoughts on the dire need for the State of Connecticut to make intersectional land use policy reforms that meaningfully address the climate crisis from social, environmental, and residential standpoints.
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U.S. Local Government Response to Fiscal Crisis: Austerity Urbanism or Pragmatic Municipalism?
Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, discusses U.S. local government responses to fiscal crisis as part of the Sino-US Scholar Dialogue Series on Public Administration.
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Sustainable Design for the Circular Bionutrient Economy
An international network of partners that includes CRP’s Mitchell Glass and Architecture’s Felix Heisel is using a Cornell Atkinson Center seed grant to create a circular bionutrient economy approach to increase organic nutrients in soil.
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Transformative Climate Adaptation: Trends and Prospects in the United States with Dr. Susanne Moser and Dr. Linda Shi
Linda Shi, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, is the guest on Doug Parsons's America Adapts podcast discussing her recent paper on climate equity and justice issues with coauthor Susanne Moser.
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Covid Is Forcing America To Fix Its Water Supply
In Wired, Planning Professor Mildred Warner comments on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, a bill before Congress. Warner's research found a moratorium on water shutoffs could have saved thousands of lives.
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Break it Down: CR0WD Task Force Forges Zero Waste Goals
CR0WD, a Cornell-powered, community-led task force works with New York State communities to promote thoughtful building deconstruction and highlight the environmental, cultural, and, economic value of salvage, reuse, and closed material flows.
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Transformative Climate Adaptation in the United States: Trends and Prospects
Assistant Professor in CRP Linda Shi is the co-author of a review paper on crucial adaptations to climate change in Science Magazine's online "first release."
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Firewall Podcast: Brooklyn Heights and Depths
Associate Professor Tom Campanella, CRP, discusses his recent book Brooklyn: The Once and Future City with Bradley Tusk on the April 16 edition of Tusk's tech and politics podcast Firewall.