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Do businesses hold the key for sustainable cities?

While all 17 of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious, you can make a strong case that SDG11 is among the most stretching of goals. In aiming to make cities "inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable", it sets itself a challenge that gets bigger with...

Building community: How urban planning, design impact cities

The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosted a special series of panel discussion talks this Wednesday with several professionals and professors within spatial planning and urban design. The panel discussion, called "Designing Value — The Impact...

ROI-NJ Influencers: Health Care 2019

Anyone who wants to get their finger on the pulse of health care need not look further than Rutgers’ Joel Cantor, Director, Center for State Health Policy. The longtime health expert has seen the changes over administrations and often has an authoritative voice on all...

Faculty article earns GPEIG Faculty honorable mention

A journal article by assistant professor Mi Shih received an honorable mention award by the Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) Faculty Best Journal Article Award Committee, it was announced in September. The article ‘Development Rights: Regulating...

MCRP student Michael Carrigy awarded APTF scholarship

Michael Carrigy, a graduate student in the Bloustein School's urban planning program, was the recipient of the Mineta Transportation Institute / American Public Transportation Foundation Joint Scholarship. The award was presented at the Transform APTA conference...

States Targeting Climate-Change Policies to Low-Income Communities

As New Jersey and other states lead nationwide efforts to address climate change, they are recognizing the disproportionate impact that climate change has on disadvantaged populations, according to a new Rutgers report. The challenges and opportunities states face are...