Faculty Work
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Tuesday, September 14, 2021
The Co-evolution of Commodity Flows, Economic Geography, and Emissions
Kieran Donaghy
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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Friday, September 10, 2021
Lessons From the Rise and Fall of the Pedestrian Mall
Stephan Schmidt
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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Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Opinion: Climate Emergency Also A Housing Emergency
Sara Bronin
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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Tuesday, July 13, 2021
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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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Sustainable Design for the Circular Bionutrient Economy
Mitch Glass, Felix Heisel
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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Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Transformative Climate Adaptation: Trends and Prospects in the United States with Dr. Susanne Moser and Dr. Linda Shi
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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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Covid Is Forcing America To Fix Its Water Supply
Mildred Warner
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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Monday, May 17, 2021
Break it Down: CR0WD Task Force Forges Zero Waste Goals
Felix Heisel, Jennifer Minner
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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Friday, April 30, 2021
Transformative Climate Adaptation in the United States: Trends and Prospects
Linda Shi
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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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Firewall Podcast: Brooklyn Heights and Depths
Thomas J. Campanella
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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Friday, March 26, 2021
The Relationship Between Water Shutoffs and COVID Infections and Deaths
Mildred Warner
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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Monday, March 22, 2021
Labor-friendly Laws Promote Local Economic Growth
Mildred Warner
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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Thursday, February 25, 2021
Can You Park Your Scooter There? Why Scooter Riders Mispark and What To Do About It
Nicholas J. Klein
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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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Productivity Divergence: State Policy, Corporate Capture and Labour Power in the USA
Mildred Warner
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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Friday, January 22, 2021
America Needs a Climate Adaptation Strategy
Linda Shi
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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Monday, January 4, 2021
The U.S. General Who Steered China Right
Thomas J. Campanella
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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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Climate Urbanism: Towards a Critical Research Agenda (Castán Broto, Robin, & While, eds.)
Linda Shi
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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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
Mildred Warner
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.