Shared Vision Planning is an approach to water resources management that invites the public into the planning process. The Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering is introducing the principles of Shared Vision Planning into its curriculum with two courses in which students work with communities facing water resource challenges along the southern shore of Lake Ontario in New York. Students meet with community partners to identify water quality and flood risk issues and then work in teams to design projects that address these challenges. Throughout the process, students incorporate the feedback of community partners and local stakeholders into their projects. The work that emerges from this team-based consulting model provides tangible benefits to communities seeking a path towards more resilient shorelines.
- Scott Steinschneider, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- M. Todd Walter, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Peter Hess, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County
- Community partner: Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Community partner: New York Sea Grant
- Scott Steinschneider, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- M. Todd Walter, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Peter Hess, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County
- Community partner: Wayne County Soil and Water Conservation District
- Community partner: New York Sea Grant
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula