This 2013 report presents the long-term needs and required infrastructure investments in the areas of electric power, transportation and water systems. The report provides a fact-based, analysis-driven opportunity to understand and explore realistic ways in which New Jersey can spur economic development – and economic success – through infrastructure investments.
Topic: Green Infrastructure/Stormwater Management
Growing Pains: A Burgeoning Jersey City Contends With Aging Water Infrastructure
This 2014 Case Study highlights the prescient investment in water infrastructure that Jersey City made in the 1970s that is allowing its booming growth today.
Camden: Rising above the Floodwaters
This 2014 Case Study describes the effects on Camden of its inadequate water infrastructure conditions, including increasing vulnerability to flooding
The Steps Hoboken Is Taking to Reshape Development Amidst Rising Sea Levels
This 2014 case study gives context to flooding in Hoboken and steps the city is taking to reshape development and mitigate growing flood risks.
The Power of the Passaic: Paterson’s Birth and Rebirth Along the River
This 2014 case study illustrates how water infrastructure serves to improve or impair the quality of life in Paterson.
Hoboken Block 12 SW Park Design – Concept
These 2014 design concepts illustrate options for a proposed park in Southwest Hoboken that will provide recreational amenities and manage stormwater.
Historic Water: Re-imaging Hobokens Engineered Landscape
This report explores different stormwater interventions within an open-space network that incorporates stormwater infrastructure and the landscape. New Jersey Future. 2013.
Mixed Use Water Infrastructure | Hoboken, New Jersey
This Spring 2012 report presents potential green and gray infrastructure design strategies developed to determine the appropriate combinations of green and grey infrastructure based upon cost, social impact, and magnitude of desired flood prevention for the City of Hoboken.
Charting New Waters: Developing an Agenda for Change for New Jersey’s Urban Water Infrastructure
This report provides The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread’s comprehensive description of the 2014 convening that spawned the Agenda for Change and synthesizes the broader range of information, insights and ideas shared during the convening.
Hoboken City Hall Sustainable Stormwater Demonstration Project Concept Plan
This 2013 plan demonstrates how to capture stormwater runoff from Hoboken’s City Hall by using green and gray infrastructure. City of Hoboken.