May 9, 2017 | Urban Planning Studios
The Spring 2017 Urban Design Studio re-imagined the Route 139 – Bergen Arches Corridor in Jersey City, New Jersey into a multi-modal, mixed use, world class asset for the city. The 188 acre, one-mile long site, lies between Journal Square and the Heights, in...
April 24, 2017 | Urban Planning Studios
ProjectPresentation This studio report serves as an overview of the Borough of Union Beach, New Jersey through the lens of transdisciplinary studies of coastal resilience. With this exercise, we were able to better understand the risks and vulnerabilities that a...
April 17, 2017 | Research, Publications, and Reports
This rapid HIA is an analysis of the health impacts of the potential new bike share program planned for Rutgers and three surrounding communities. The report, prepared for the Rutgers University Department of Institutional Planning and Operation (IPO) by a...
April 16, 2017 | Career, News
by Paul Hislip, Communications intern (Class of 2018) Carlos Gallinar, AICP, MCRP ’04, presented the annual Ruth Ellen Steinman and Edward J. Bloustein Memorial Lecture at the Bloustein School last fall. A man of many accomplishments, Gallinar was the first in his...
April 13, 2017 | Career, News
by Maheen Rashid, MPP ’18 How can international development policy be implemented when actors and agents are in a constant state of flux? Have the caveats of past interventions of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) been mitigated and acknowledged for the...
March 30, 2017 | In the News
Another difference between these programs and other development strategies is that the state does not choose which investment firms may participate based on their investment plans or their track record with similar investments. Instead, the investment firms are...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
In December 2012, Dr. James W. Hughes, Dean, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, and his colleague, Dr. Joseph J. Seneca, published, Reinventing the New Jersey Economy: New Metropolitan and Regional Employment Dynamics. The...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
Amid much fanfare yesterday, President Trump announced an executive order intended to roll back Obama administration climate policies. The executive order (like many of Trump’s actions to date) is largely ceremonial, however. Whether or not Trump has a lasting...
March 29, 2017 | In the News
Low-income college students and families in New Jersey are offered more financial aid from New Jersey than from the larger federal grant program, according to a Washington Post article. Most states provide significantly less than the federal program does. Carl E. Van...
March 28, 2017 | In the News
White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney recently defended proposed budget cuts to prominent anti-hunger programs, including the popular Meals on Wheels America and school meal programs, stating that the administration will not spend...
March 28, 2017 | In the News
How does a public university differ from a private one? In many ways, perhaps, the differences are barely discernible, but in one particular way, a public research university is distinctive: Its commitment to the public service. Land grant universities, particularly,...
