Faculty Work
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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.
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The Relationship Between Water Shutoffs and COVID Infections and Deaths
New research by Xue Zhang (Ph.D. RS '19) and Professor Mildred E. Warner in collaboration with Food & Water Watch appears in an Issue Brief on how a nationwide water shutoff moratorium could have saved thousands of lives in the U.S.
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Labor-friendly Laws Promote Local Economic Growth
In the Cornell Chronicle, new research by Professor Mildred Warner, CRP, shows that state laws designed to hinder union activity and indulge corporate entities do not enhance economic productivity.
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Can You Park Your Scooter There? Why Scooter Riders Mispark and What To Do About It
A paper in Findings co-authored by transportation planner Nicholas J. Klein, CRP, suggests that in-app reminders, additional infrastructure, signage, and fines would be the most effective interventions to improve parking compliance.
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Productivity Divergence: State Policy, Corporate Capture and Labour Power in the USA
A recent paper by CRP Professor Mildred Warner shows that returns to labor are lower in states with more corporate influence in state policy.
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America Needs a Climate Adaptation Strategy
In an OpEd for The Hill, CRP's Linda Shi and coauthor Sierra Woodruff say adaptation planning is about more than readying the built environment.
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The U.S. General Who Steered China Right
CRP faculty Thomas J. Campanella pens a Wall Street Journal OpEd about the U.S. general who got China to change from driving on the left to the right.
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Climate Urbanism: Towards a Critical Research Agenda (Castán Broto, Robin, & While, eds.)
CRP's Linda Shi authored the chapter "The New Climate Urbanism: Old Capitalism with Climate Characteristics" in a new book from Palgrave Macmillan.
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Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
A chapter co-authored by CRP's Mildred Warner appears in a new book offering a global overview of the response of public water operators to the COVD crisis.
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Subsidized Cars Help Low-Income Families Economically, Socially
Research by Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein, CRP, reports insights from interviews with people who gained access to inexpensive, reliable cars.
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A Dirty and Growing Problem: Too Few Toilets
CRP professor and associate dean of research Victoria Beard comments on her research on wastewater and water access in low- and medium-income countries.
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The Secret to Revitalizing Urban Downtowns
As more streets are pedestrianized during the pandemic, research by CRP's Stephan Schmidt looks at factors adding to the success of urban pedestrian malls.