Climate Bridge
An International Perspective on How to Enact Climate Action at the Government Public Interface
Published on 30. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-9788-3762-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 University students, and joint publications. Notably, settlement patterns and brownfield issues reveal similarities between the underserved in both regions. The first section compares international environmental planning approaches and outlines different approaches to common problems. The second section presents case studies that highlight adaptation strategies for uncertainties caused by climate change. Finally, the closing section 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Climate Bridge represents an innovative approach that discusses specific climate change adaptation issues with a focus on New Jersey and the Ruhr region. The contributions from the German context complement the North American perspective and raise awareness of the complexities involved in reformulating environmental regulations and adaption measures." - Sascha Roesler (coeditor of The Urban Microclimate as Artifact: Towards an Architectural Theory of Thermal Diversity)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Brunswick NJ
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
59 color and 1 B-W images, 3 tables
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9788-3762-1 (9781978837621)
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An International Perspective on How to Enact Climate Action at the Government Public Interface
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Persons
WOLFRAM HOEFER 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 UniversitAEt Dortmund.
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 UniversitAEt Dortmund.
Content
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 BOEttger 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 DUEmpelmann 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
Opening Messages ix
DAVID GILL AND SHAWN M. L ATOURE T TE
Introduction 1
WOLFRAM HOEFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG,
AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
Part I Tools and Process
Introduction 9
WOLFRAM HOEFER
1 Impacts of Human-Induced
Climate Change 11
ANTHONY J. BROCCOLI
2 Pursuing a Coherent Vision in a Fragmented Policy Context 21
CLINTON J. ANDREWS
3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental
and Spatial Planning 34
STEFAN HEIL AND
4 New Jersey State Planning Commission 48
DONNA RENDEIRO AND MAT THE W BL AKE
5 Shaping the Future
through Strategic Leadership 59
WOLFRAM HOEFER AND JON CARNEGIE
6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change 71
FRANK G ALL AGHER
Part II Uncertainty and Space
Introduction 83
SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT AND FRANK G ALL AGHER
7 A Metropolitan Landscape Perspective 85
SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
8 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region:
Inside the Emscher Region 102
ULI PAE T ZEL AND ANJA KROOS
9 Distributed Water
Infrastructure and Water
Reuse 113
Z ACH F. G ALL AGHER AND EDWARD CLERICO
10 Framing Resilient Design 123
PIPPA BRASHE AR
11 Let's Stay Cool! 136
JOHANNES BOET TGER
12 Act Now: How to Handle
Uncertainty in Open Space 150
RUPERT HALBERTSCHL AGER
13 Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilient Design 162
JIM WELSH
Part III Place and Connectedness
Introduction 171
ANGEL A OBERG AND ARIANNA L INDBERG
14 Climate Change, Adaptation, and Place in New Jersey:
A Departmental Perspective 173
RICHARD ALOMAR
15 Tomorrow's Climate Will
Not Meet Today's
Population:
Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic
Change in Cities 178
THORSTEN WIECHMANN
16 People,
Health, and Place: The Urban Public Health Perspective
and a State of Affairs in Germany's Ruhr Region 192
SUSANNE MOEBUS
17 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver
Sewage Services
204
ANGEL A OBERG
18 Planting, Pruning, Picking: The Politics and Art
of Urban Tree Care 214
SONJA DUEMPELMANN
19 Trees in Cities 228
PAM ZIPSE
20 Gardening with Community 238
ARIANNA L INDBERG
21 Sea-Level
Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons
outside the Coast 248
MARJORIE K APL AN, L ISA AUERMULLER, FAWN MCGEE,
AND BARBAR A WOOLLE Y- DILLON
Conclusion 255
WOLFRAM HOEFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG,
AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
Notes on Contributors 261
Index 000
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 BOEttger 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 DUEmpelmann 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
Opening Messages ix
DAVID GILL AND SHAWN M. L ATOURE T TE
Introduction 1
WOLFRAM HOEFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG,
AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
Part I Tools and Process
Introduction 9
WOLFRAM HOEFER
1 Impacts of Human-Induced
Climate Change 11
ANTHONY J. BROCCOLI
2 Pursuing a Coherent Vision in a Fragmented Policy Context 21
CLINTON J. ANDREWS
3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental
and Spatial Planning 34
STEFAN HEIL AND
4 New Jersey State Planning Commission 48
DONNA RENDEIRO AND MAT THE W BL AKE
5 Shaping the Future
through Strategic Leadership 59
WOLFRAM HOEFER AND JON CARNEGIE
6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change 71
FRANK G ALL AGHER
Part II Uncertainty and Space
Introduction 83
SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT AND FRANK G ALL AGHER
7 A Metropolitan Landscape Perspective 85
SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
8 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region:
Inside the Emscher Region 102
ULI PAE T ZEL AND ANJA KROOS
9 Distributed Water
Infrastructure and Water
Reuse 113
Z ACH F. G ALL AGHER AND EDWARD CLERICO
10 Framing Resilient Design 123
PIPPA BRASHE AR
11 Let's Stay Cool! 136
JOHANNES BOET TGER
12 Act Now: How to Handle
Uncertainty in Open Space 150
RUPERT HALBERTSCHL AGER
13 Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilient Design 162
JIM WELSH
Part III Place and Connectedness
Introduction 171
ANGEL A OBERG AND ARIANNA L INDBERG
14 Climate Change, Adaptation, and Place in New Jersey:
A Departmental Perspective 173
RICHARD ALOMAR
15 Tomorrow's Climate Will
Not Meet Today's
Population:
Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic
Change in Cities 178
THORSTEN WIECHMANN
16 People,
Health, and Place: The Urban Public Health Perspective
and a State of Affairs in Germany's Ruhr Region 192
SUSANNE MOEBUS
17 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver
Sewage Services
204
ANGEL A OBERG
18 Planting, Pruning, Picking: The Politics and Art
of Urban Tree Care 214
SONJA DUEMPELMANN
19 Trees in Cities 228
PAM ZIPSE
20 Gardening with Community 238
ARIANNA L INDBERG
21 Sea-Level
Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons
outside the Coast 248
MARJORIE K APL AN, L ISA AUERMULLER, FAWN MCGEE,
AND BARBAR A WOOLLE Y- DILLON
Conclusion 255
WOLFRAM HOEFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG,
AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT
Notes on Contributors 261
Index 000