Linda Shi

About Linda Shi

Linda Shi is Associate Professor at Cornell University’s Department of City and Regional Planning. She studies how urban land governance shapes vulnerability to climate impacts and how changes to land use, property rights, and regional planning can help repair environmental justice and ecological systems.

Areas of Expertise

Environmental Planning and Resource Management, Land Use Planning and Governance, Planning History or History, Regional Planning, International Development Planning

Selected Publications

Anguelovski, I., Shi, L., Chu, E., Gallagher, D., Goh, K., Lamb, Z., Reeve, K., & Teicher, H. (2016). Equity Impacts of Urban Land Use Planning for Climate Adaptation: Critical Perspectives from the Global North and South. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 36(3), 333–348. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X16645166, Shi, L., & Moser, S. (2021). Transformative Climate Adaptation in the United States: Trends and Prospects. Science, 372(6549). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abc8054, Shi, L., & Fitzgerald, J. (2023). Special Issue: Planning for Climate Transformations. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(3), 351–360. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122231180216, Shi, L., Butler, W., Holmes, T., Thomas, R., Milordis, A., Ignatowski, J., Mahid, Y., & Aldag, A. M. (2023). Can Florida’s Coast Survive Its Reliance on Development? Journal of the American Planning Association, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2023.2249866

Recent Courses Taught

Intro to Planning History and Practice, Urban Adaptation to Climate Change, Climate Adaptation Workshop, Land, Property, and Socio-Ecological Repair