Climate Bridge

An International Perspective on How to Enact Climate Action at the Government Public Interface

Wolfram Höfer, Sebastian Schlecht, Frank Gallagher, Arianna Lindberg, Angela Oberg (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2025
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3762-1 (ISBN)

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Climate change is creating new challenges for spatial and environmental planning on both sides of the Atlantic. Planning and policy must balance moderating climate change impact from rising temperatures, extreme precipitation, and sea level rise with social equity and environmental justice. Climate Bridge compares New Jersey and the German Ruhr Region to build an international perspective on how to enact climate action at the government-public interface. The book grew from fifteen years of collaboration between scholars in New Jersey and Germany through summer programs, a landscape architecture design studio, internships for Rutgers students, and joint publications. Notably, settlement patterns and brownfield issues reveal similarities between the underserved in both regions. The first section, “Tools and Process,” compares international environmental planning approaches and outlines different approaches to common problems. “Uncertainty and Space” presents case studies that highlight adaptation strategies for uncertainties caused by climate change. Finally, “Place and Connectedness” reminds us of our dependence on ecological systems for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Contributors to this landmark volume include planners, designers, scholars, public administrators, and decision makers on both sides of the Atlantic. Together, the chapters bring interdisciplinary approaches and diverse perspectives to the environmental, economic, political, and social dimensions of planning and design in the context of climate change.

WOLFRAM HÖEFER is a professor and the director of the Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University. FRANK GALLAGHER is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University. ARIANNA LINDBERG is an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Rutgers University. ANGIE OBERG is Chief Climate Officer in the Rutgers Office of Climate Action. SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT is the founder of lala.ruhr and a Lecturer at Technische Universität Dortmund.

Opening Messages
David Gill: Consul General, Federal Republic of Germany
Shawn M. LaTourette: Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Introduction Wolfram Hoefer, Frank Gallagher, Arianna Lindberg, Angela Oberg, Sebastian Schlecht Section 1: Tools and Process Introduction Wolfram Hoefer 1 Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change
                        Anthony Broccoli
2 Pursuing a coherent vision in a fragmented policy context
                        Clint Andrews
3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental and Spatial Planning
                        Stefan Heiland
4 New Jersey State Planning Commission
                        Donna Rendeiro and Matthew Blake
5 Shaping the future through strategic leadership
                        Wolfram Hoefer and Jon Carnegie
6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change
                        Frank Gallagher
Section 2: Uncertainty and Space Introduction Sebastian Schlecht, Frank Gallagher 1 #thinklandscape - Imagine a metropolitan region as a landscape Sebastian Schlecht 2 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region: Insides from the Emscher Region Uli Paetzel, Anja Kroos 3 Distributed Water Infrastructure & Water Reuse Zach F. Gallagher, Edward Clerico 4 Framing Resilient Design Pippa Brashear 5 Let's stay cool! Johannes Böttger 6 ACT NOW. How to Handle Uncertainty in Open Space Rupert Halbertschlager 7 Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilient Design Jim Welsh Section 3: Place and Conectedness Introduction Angela Oberg, Arianna Lindberg 1 Place and Climate Change Richard Alomar 2 Tomorrow's Climate Will Not Meet Today's Population - Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic Change in Cities Thorsten Wiechmann 3 People, Health and Place – The Urban Public Health Perspective and a State of Affairs in Germany’s Ruhr region Susanne Moebus 4 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver Services Angela Oberg 5 The Aesthetics and Politics of Tree Care Sonja Dümpelmann 6 Trees in Cities Pam Zipse 7 Gardening with Community Arianna Lindberg 8 Sea Level Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons Outside the Coast Marjorie Kaplan Lisa Auermuller Fawn McGee Barbara Woolley-Dillon Section 4: Conclusion
            Wolfram Hoefer, Frank Gallagher, Arianna Lindberg, Angie Oberg, and Sebastian Schlecht
Notes on Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.6.2025
Zusatzinfo	59 color images, 1 B-W images and 3 tables
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-9788-3762-3 / 1978837623
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-3762-1 / 9781978837621
Zustand	Neuware