Engaged Undergraduate Research Grants
Rust to Green Binghamton: Living with Water Initiative
Using a participatory-action approach to engage local and state government officials with residents and artists to achieve community flood resilience while working toward sustainable community development in Binghamton.
In 2014, Cornell launched a project in Binghamton as part of its Rust to Green initiative that was created to foster sustainable community development in post-industrial cities in upstate New York. The initiative in Binghamton, Living with Water, is a community-engaged research project addressing the city’s vulnerability to climate change and flooding. Binghamton experienced record flooding in 2006 and 2011, and this project uses a variety of research strategies to engage local and state government officials with residents and artists to achieve community flood resilience. Working with faculty at Cornell and Binghamton University, the students interview residents who were affected by the 2011 flood. Students also assess the impact a new play, which explores living with water, has on community development and flood resilience.
Topics: Access, Equity and Justice; Economic Vitality and Entrepreneurship; Energy, Environment and Sustainability; Law, Government and Policy
The Team
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Shorna Allred, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Paula Horrigan, Department of Global Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Joana Chan, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Scott Peters, Department of Global Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong, Public Service Center
Student and Campus Life
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Robin Blakely-Armitage, Department of Global Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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David Kay, Department of Development Sociology, Community and Regional Development Institute
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Keith Tidball, Department of Natural Resources
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Binghamton University
- Community partner: City of Binghamton
- Community partner: Civic Ensemble
- Community partner: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County
- Community partner: Ordinary People
In the News
JUNE 29, 2018
Sustainable economic strategies spur engaged research interest
– Cornell Chronicle
APRIL 18, 2018
Allred receives third annual Engaged Scholar Prize
– Cornell Chronicle