Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Flood adaptation: What California can learn from Washington, Texas

January 10, 2023

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner, comments on flooding in California and what's needed to build more resiliency to future storms.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

New flood insurance rates may drain key municipal revenue streams

September 27, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor in city and regional planning, comments on plans from the Biden administration to substantially raise flood insurance rates for many coastal homeowners beginning on Oct. 1 — an effort to better reflect the cost of growing flood risks.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Ida’s aftermath reveals resiliency voids on Gulf Coast

August 30, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner who studies how cities adapt to climate change, comments on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Architecture, Art and Planning

Biden’s $10B climate adaptation move vital, but ‘a drop in the bucket’

January 28, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, comments on a new U.S. strategy to help protect communities from climate disasters.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Experts list: Momentous shift to clean energy future?

February 11, 2021

Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on political and industry developments that signal a shift to a clean energy economy.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Freeze in NYC sea wall study delays funding, solutions for at-risk coastline

February 26, 2020

Linda Shi, urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, comments on the Trump administration freeze of a climate resiliency study for New York City.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Trump floodplain buyout plan bold, but ‘uncoordinated’

March 12, 2020

Linda Shi, urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, comments on the Trump administration's reliance on eminent domain to remove homeowners from flood zones.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Architecture, Art and Planning

Venice flooding highlights cultural ‘trauma’ of climate change

November 13, 2019

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, and Claudia Lazzaro, professor of art history and visual studies, comment on historic flooding in Venice.

Architecture, Art and Planning
Arts and Sciences