Climate bridge : an international perspective on how to enact climate action at the government-public interface / edited by Wolfram Höfer, Arianna Lindberg,Sebastian Schlecht, Angela Oberg and Frank Gallagher.
| Other author | Höfer, Wolfram, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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| Physical medium | illustrations. |
| Contents | Tools and Process -- Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change -- Pursuing a Coherent Vision in a Fragmented Policy Context -- Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental and Spatial Planning -- New Jersey State Planning Commission -- Shaking the Future through Strategic Leadership -- The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change -- Uncertainty and Space -- A Metropolitan Landscape Perspective -- Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region: Inside the Emscher Region -- Distributed Water Infrastructure and Water Reuse -- Framing Resilient Design -- Let's Stay Cool! -- Act Now: How to Handle Uncertainty in Open Space -- Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilent Design -- Place and Connectedness -- Climate Change, Adaptation, and Place in New Jersey: A Departmental Perspective -- Tomorrow's Climate Will Not Meet Today's Population: Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic Change in Cities -- People, Health, and Place: The Urban Public Health Perspective and a State of Affairs in Germany's Ruhr Region -- The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver Sewage Services -- Planting, Pruning, Picking: The Politics and Art of Urban Tree Care -- Trees in Cities -- Gardening with Community -- Sea-Level Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons outside the Coast. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2024039624 |
| ISBN | 9781978837621 |
| ISBN | 1978837623 |
| ISBN | 9781978837638 cloth |
| ISBN | 1978837631 |
| ISBN | epub |
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