The Climate-adaptive Design (CAD) Studio is a research partnership with Cornell Landscape Architecture, Cornell Water Resources Institute, and the NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program to link student designers with flood-prone Hudson Riverfront communities to explore alternativesfor more climate resilient and connected waterfront areas.

A stakeholder-focused approach thatprovides:

• Community networking and capacity building around climate adaptation issues amongst stakeholders

• Alternative strategies for climate adapta-tion compatible with community interests

• A process that fits into state-level funding and support structures

• Partners provide ongoing, long-term sup-port and technical assistance

Climate-Adaptive design studios, offered at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, investigate climate adaptation as an opportunity to develop:

• Design skills in climate adaptation and urban ecological design

• Experience with stakeholder engage-ment methods

• Perspective that every project can be part of the solution for climate change.

Defining a comprehensive design frame-work for climate adaptation that develops:

• Emerging techniques for climate adap-tation that address multiple climate risks concurrently.

• A new public-academic process for com-munity engagement to inspire climate awareness and action

Cornell Climate-Adaptive Design Studio: Building Capacity for Climate Change One City at a Time

Water System Support • Floodable Landscapes • Green Infrastructure

Ecosystem Support • Landscape Connectivity • Assisted Marsh Migration • Resilient Planting Design

Built Environment Support • Urban Heat Island Mitigation • Multimodal Mobility • Flood-Proofed Structures

This material is based upon work that is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under Smith Lever project number 2015-16-210 Any opinions, �ndings, con-clusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily re�ect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Image by Sarah Hirsch MLA '17, Alice Sturm MLA '17, and Kyle Sitzman MLA '17

Image by Kimber Martin MLA ’17 and Fei Peng MLA ‘17

Education Benefits Community Benefits Research Benefits Integrated DesignComprehensive, community-driven approachesto climate adaptation.

Contact: Assistant Professor Joshua F. Cerra, JFC299@cornell.edu Website: http://tinyurl.com/CornellCAD

This report was prepared for the New York State Water Resources Institute (WRI) and the Hudson River Estuary program of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, with support from the NYS Environmental Protection Fund