With one-quarter of New Jersey’s office space lying vacant, the state needs to engage in "retrofitting suburbia" in order to make spaces more attractive to young millennials, according to Dean James W. Hughes. He noted that the tech economy is moving to Brooklyn, and...
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Urban Planning
NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance offers recommendations to help NJ better prepare for climate change
Calls for establishment of statewide working group to address those most at risk A mix of policymakers, public and private sector practitioners, academics, nongovernmental organizations and business leaders has issued recommendations to help New Jersey better prepare...
Sustainable Raritan River Initiative recognizes 2014 outstanding achievement
The Sustainable Raritan River Initiative (SRRI) at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University recently announced the recipients of the annual Sustainable Raritan River Collaborative outstanding achievement awards at the 6th Annual...
New Burrows Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Planning and Public Policy established at EJB
The Bloustein School is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dawne D. and Lawrence B. Burrows Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Planning and Public Policy. Lawrence B. and Dawne D. Burrows are longstanding supporters of the Bloustein School who have taken the...
Rutgers Center for Green Building featured on BTN LiveBIG
The Bloustein School’s Rutgers Center for Green Building, which promotes green building through research, advocacy and education, conducts applied research utilizing planned and existing green building projects, works with industry and government to promote these...
deVries MCRP ’15 is recipient of Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship
The U.S. Department of Transportation Technology Partnership Programs, Universities and Grants Programs has announced that Jonathan deVries (MCRP ’15) has been selected to receive a 2014 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship in the amount of $5,000. The Dwight...
Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystems Services: The Sixth Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference, June 13, 2014
Registration is now open for the sixth annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference, “Valuing Natural Capital and Ecosystems Servcies.” It will be held on Friday, June 13 at the Cook Campus Center on the Rutgers University’s New Brunswick Campus, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ...
Greenberg discusses environmental impacts of Keystone XL pipeline
Bloustein professor Michael R. Greenberg, author of The Environmental Impact Statement After Two Generations: Managing Environmental Power, was interviewed by Scientific American recently about the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which forces agencies to...
Rutgers Forecast: New Jersey’s recovery still trails its neighbors and nation, with ‘moderate’ job growth expected
While a difficult winter has depressed job growth early in 2014, New Jersey actually has experienced slight improvement over a comparable period last year, according to Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON). But Mantell predicts the...
Richard Florida, senior editor for The Atlantic, to present Bloustein School’s graduate convocation keynote
As part of Rutgers University’s 248th anniversary commencement ceremonies, the Bloustein School will be holding the 11th Convocation celebration of the graduate program on Saturday, May 17 at 3 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center, Douglass Campus, New Brunswick, NJ....