Resilience and the Raritan Friday, June 7, 2019 Richard Weeks Hall of Engineering Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 500 Bartholomew Road Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 New Date and Location – June 7, 2019 Join us on Friday, June 7, 2019 for the 11th Annual Sustainable Raritan River Conference and Awards Ceremony at […]
2019, conference, lightning talks, posters, Raritan awards, resilience, sponsors
Water-dependent uses along the New Jersey coast rely on access to the water that increasingly threatens to damage their facilities and support infrastructure in the surrounding community. Mal-adaptive planning strategies to enhance resilience could fail to recognize the interrelated systems of benefits and risks that face water-dependent uses, including the spatial constraints that limit the […]
Bloustein, Campo, Flood, mini-grant, resilience
The shoreline of Raritan Bay is developed with homes and recreation sites that are vulnerable to erosion and flooding exacerbated by increased rates of sea level rise. The US Army Corps of Engineers has implemented coastal storm-risk management projects or feasibility studies for several communities on Raritan Bay, but not all locations are included. Municipalities […]
Cliffwood, Miller, minigrant, Nordstrom, Raritan Bay, resilience
The Raritan River region is the home of many businesses, residential communities, critical facilities, and wildlife species. Flooding is a persistent problem in the Raritan River region when excessive rain from storms affect the river basin. During hurricane events, flooding can be even more severe due to combined storm surge and heavy rainfall effects. For […]
Gong, IRIS, Lidar, minigrant, resilience, RV Rutgers, Whytlaw