Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Opening Messages ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I Tools and Process
6. Introduction 9
7. 1 Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change 11
8. 2 Pursuing a Coherent Vision in a Fragmented Policy Context 21
9. 3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental and Spatial Planning 34
10. 4 New Jersey State Planning Commission 48
11. 5 Shaping the Future through Strategic Leadership 59
12. 6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change 71
13. Part II Uncertainty and Space
14. Introduction 83
15. 7 A Metropolitan Landscape Perspective 85
16. 8 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region 102
17. 9 Distributed Water Infrastructure and WaterReuse 113
18. 10 Framing Resilient Design 123
19. 11 Let’s Stay Cool! 136
20. 12 Act Now 150
21. 13 Teaming Up 162
22. Part III Place and Connectedness
23. Introduction 171
24. 14 Climate Change, Adaptation, and Place in New Jersey 173
25. 15 Tomorrow’s Climate Will Not Meet Today’s Population 178
26. 16 People, Health, and Place 192
27. 17 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver Sewage Services 204
28. 18 Planting, Pruning, Picking 214
29. 19 Trees in Cities 228
30. 20 Gardening with Community 238
31. 21 Sea-LevelRise,Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons outside the Coast 248
32. Conclusion 255
33. Notes on Contributors 261
34. Index 265