The CUDC is a Community Urban Design Center, an innovative urban design practice committed to a sustainable, vibrant, and inclusive urban future.

The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative is part of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
Celebrating our 25th anniversary in Downtown Cleveland, we combine client-based projects, applied research, teaching, and advocacy to impact urban design and policy.

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The CUDC’s mission, methods, and outcomes in Cleveland, Northeast Ohio and beyond.

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URBAN INFILL VOLUME 9 GREAT LAKES CLIMATE MOBILITES

In Volume 9, Great Lakes Climate Mobilities, we turn our attention to a pressing question in the region: how might climate change reshape the human and physical geographies of Great Lakes cities? As wildfires rage in the west, sea levels rise along the coasts, and water grows scarce across vast stretches of the country, the Great Lakes region is in an advantageous (and possibly precarious) position. An abundance of freshwater and relatively stable climate might draw people to the region—yet the timing and scale of such movements are impossible to predict with any certainty.

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