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Designing with Vision: Funding Pre-Disaster Adaptation in New Jersey

Sustainable business and solutions | Public and global health

An article on pre-disaster adaptation in New Jersey

  • Date (DD-MM-YYYY)

    18-06-2025 to 18-06-2026

    Available on-demand until 18th June 2026

  • Cost

    Free

  • Education type

    Article

  • CPD subtype

    On-demand

Description

Key Takeaways:

  • According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in 2024, there were 27 weather and climate events costing $1 billion or more in damages. Reacting to extreme weather events as they happen is difficult and expensive, yet this is the federal government’s predominant approach.
  • study by Allstate and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce found that every dollar spent to prepare for climate disasters prevents thirteen dollars’ worth of economic impact, damage, and cleanup costs.
  • After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, New Jersey received U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding for two adaptation projects: Rebuild by Design (RBD) – Hudson River and RBD – RBD – Hudson River received an initial $230 million.
  • RBD – Hudson River includes six parks in Hoboken designed to retain and rebuff water. In 2022 and 2023, Hoboken saw an 88% reduction in all flooding events and 4.2 million gallons of rain and stormwater were isolated in the City’s resiliency parks during storm events.

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