October 8, 2018 | In the News, News
A Bloustein School urban planning studio was chosen to represent the school and present the Newark Liberty Airport: Arriving at Aerotropolis urban design studio at the 2018 APA Annual Studio Showcase held May 9 at NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. The annual...
October 3, 2018 | In the News
In their 1987 article in Planning magazine, “The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust,” Deborah and Frank Popper proposed a plan to transform the Great Plans into a 10-state national reserve. Their proposal prompted a wave of letters to the editor, inspired a...
September 25, 2018 | In the News
So far this decade, population growth in urban areas in north Jersey has outpaced that of suburban areas, with Hunterdon, Monmouth, Sussex and Warren counties actually losing population between 2010 and 2017, U.S. Census data shows. The reason, according to many...
September 21, 2018 | In the News
Ellen Dunham-Jones literally has written the book on suburban redevelopment. Her effort, “Retrofitting Suburbia,” came out in 2009 (ahead of its time). She is working on its latest update. So, when the Georgia Tech professor came to Rutgers University to discuss her...
September 20, 2018 | In the News
Some issues may be settled in law but remain contested in culture. Abortion is one such issue. It’s been 45 years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade, found a constitutional right to abortion and yet the debate rages on. A recent Marist poll found that most...
September 20, 2018 | In the News
Demographers say that the current trend of closing bank branches is of no surprise. They say that as development booms in once-shrinking cities like Newark and Jersey City and smaller towns along rail lines, rural areas of Sussex, Hunterdon, Ocean and Monmouth...
September 20, 2018 | In the News
The overall average in New Jersey for what is considered to be middle class income for a family of four is between $60,000 and $177,000 a year. According to Rutgers University economist James Hughes, “middle class” can mean many things these days. But...
September 20, 2018 | In the News
For the first time in the post-Great Recession period, suburban growth in New Jersey surpassed that of the regional core. But after six years of a dramatic shift toward urbanization and New Jersey’s downtowns, was 2017 just a blip or is suburban growth here to...
September 14, 2018 | In the News
Some New Jersey farmers say that the closing of several bank branches in rural parts of the state is making their jobs more difficult. Demographers say that the current trend of closing bank branches is of no surprise. They say that as development booms in...
September 13, 2018 | In the News
The project was conducted by Rutgers University graduate students under the supervision of Cliff Zukin, a professor of public policy and political science at Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy and Eagleton Institute of Politics. “There...
September 12, 2018 | In the News
“There is no crisis here, it’s not that people are fleeing the state,” said Cliff Zukin, a professor of public policy and political science at Rutgers’ Edward J. Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy and Eagleton Institute of Politics who served as adviser...
September 12, 2018 | In the News
A new study by the advocacy group New Jersey Policy Perspectives found that while residents 18 to 39 are fleeing the state, it’s no greater than anytime in the last 14 years, according to a report by NJBiz.com. And it’s no different than the number of people their age...
September 12, 2018 | News
A report authored for New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) by a practicum of graduate students from the Bloustein School, “Millennials in New Jersey: Migratory Patterns and Public Opinion,” analyzes the migratory patterns of young adults over time and busts the myth...
September 11, 2018 | In the News
In New Jersey, millennials are the age group most likely to move out of state, but that’s not the first time we’ve heard that headline. “Two-thirds of those who leave New Jersey are millennials,” said Rutgers professor Cliff Zukin. A new report commissioned by New...
September 11, 2018 | In the News
A new study finds millennials in New Jersey are not fleeing the state at a greater rate than young people in the past. Cliff Zukin, a professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said 18- to 39-year-olds are the most likely to...
September 10, 2018 | In the News
This debate has clearly struck a chord. It has attracted more than ten times the usual number of votes on our debates page. Three days ago, when I wrote my closing statement, voting was split roughly halfway between those in favour and those against scrapping...
