Google Labs has developed a tool it calls the Book NgramViewer, which allows a user to search Google’s book archives over a specified time period for the appearance of specific words or phrases. Among other things, this tool can be used to compare the frequency of use of two terms that have […]
Smart Growth
“Smart Growth” vs. “Growth Management”
Thursday, January 6th, 2011Insights from Review of “The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth”
Wednesday, January 5th, 2011A review by Daniel Nairn of a new book, Ethics of Metropolitan Growth: The Future of our Built Environment, by Robert Kirkland. The review is insightful and worth reading in full, but it contains a few points that are particularly relevant to New Jersey Future and its mission.
2011 Redevelopment Forum
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010Hopefully you have already saved the date for our upcoming Redevelopment Forum, which will be held at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick, on Friday, March 4, 2011.
This one-day conference is a great education and networking event for professionals and concerned citizens. More than 500 planners, architects, developers, municipal officials, advocates and […]
What Role Should Stadiums Play in Urban Revitalization?
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Newark's Prudential Center. Source: NY Times
In a recent Star-Ledger op-ed article, Jeff Vanderbeek and Michael Gilfillan (Chairman and Vice Chairman of Devils Arena Entertainment, respectively) tout the success of the Prudential Center in helping to breathe new life into downtown Newark. By all accounts, the arena has been an integral part of a larger renaissance […]
Smaller Houses: Symptom of the Recession, or Long-Term Trend?
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010The New York Times Magazine [registration required] takes a look at shrinking square footages for new houses and muses on whether this represents a long-term trend or merely a temporary response to the recession. The crash of the housing market certainly has served to remind people that housing prices don’t automatically keep going up forever…perhaps […]
Traffic Isn’t The Only Type of Gridlock Along Route 1
Thursday, September 16th, 2010New Jersey Department of Transportation released a draft of its long-awaited Regional Growth Strategy for the Route 1 region in Central Jersey.
Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010In New Jersey, a group of cities, counties and state government, regional agencies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations (including New Jersey Future)from throughout the 13-county North Jersey region have formed the “North Jersey Sustainable Communities Consortium.”
NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010New Jersey Future’s Research Director Tim Evans was a guest today on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show discussing Union County. The show was part of a series called “Your Anecdotal Census“, which is looking at demographic changes in the New York City area in advance of the 2010 census.
Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past
Thursday, July 29th, 2010New Jersey has long been the nation’s most developed state, but new data show it is now more developed than anything else.
New Report Shows Suburbanization of NJ Has Picked Up Pace Since 2002
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Source: Hasse/Lathrop
A joint Rowan-Rutgers report, co-released today by New Jersey Future, shows that New Jersey is losing open space at an increasing pace. Between 2002 and 2007, 16,061 acres per year, an amount equal to 34 football fields each day, were developed in New Jersey. This is a 7% increase from the previous rate of […]
