The devastation Hurricane Sandy leveled on theBorough of Belmar, NJ was wide-spread and immense. While the Borough’s response was aggressive and required multiple approaches to simultaneously clear debris from the streets, pump out massive amount of flooding that...
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climate vulnerability
Workshop on Flood Mitigation and Hazard Reduction, March 16
The Raritan-Millstone Rivers Flood Control Commission (RMRFCC), in conjunction with the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, is presenting an all-day “Workshop on Flood Mitigation and...
Bloustein studio to assist planning Sea Bright’s future
The small community of Sea Bright, NJ — along with many other communities throughout the Northeast United States — was devastated by Sandy. This spring Bloustein lecturers Carlos Rodrigues and Michael Yaffe will lead a graduate planning studio centered around Sea...
Rutgers Regional Report: New Jersey economy will suffer significant, long-term damage without Hurricane Sandy restoration funding
A new Rutgers Regional Report, “The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey,” authored by Rutgers University economist Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON); Joseph J. Seneca, university professor and economist...
Seeking Photos for Rutgers University Press Publication on the Raritan River Watershed
The Bloustein School’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey seeks images from the Raritan River and any of its tributaries to be considered in an upcoming book on the region. The categories for photographs may be from any...
Rutgers’ NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance Receives $400,000 Grant from The Kresge Foundation
Funding will lead to the development of state and local climate change public policy recommendations The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance(NJCAA), an initiative of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and theEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning...
Post-Superstorm Sandy: How Can I Help?
The Rutgers New Brunswick campus is, for the most part, back up and running as of Thursday, November 1, as is the Edward J. Bloustein School’s Civic Square Building. Power and water have been restored to much of New Brunswick as well. However, much of our beloved...
EJB Humphrey Fellow alum finds home-country connections in U.S.
When 2005-2006 Humphrey Fellow Orlando Acosta (Rutgers University – Natural Resources, Environmental Policy, and Climate Change) learned that he would be attending a pre-academic English training at the University of Oregon, he sought to learn more about the state’s...
Popper, Buffalo Commons featured in Harper’s magazine cover story
Wil S. Hylton’s “Broken heartland:The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains (story archive),” the cover story of the July 2012 issue of Harper’s magazine, makes extensive use of Frank and Deborah Popper‘s 1987 concept of the Buffalo Commons as the...
PSEG Foundation awards seed money for New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance
The PSEG Foundation has awarded seed funds to help establish the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, a statewide network of policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working together to move New Jersey forward in strategic planning and implementation to...