Opening Messages David Gill: Consul General, Federal Republic of Germany Shawn M. LaTourette: Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Introduction Wolfram Hoefer, Frank Gallagher, Arianna Lindberg, Angela Oberg, Sebastian Schlecht Section 1: Tools and Process Introduction Wolfram Hoefer 1 Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change Anthony Broccoli 2 Pursuing a coherent vision in a fragmented policy context Clint Andrews 3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental and Spatial Planning Stefan Heiland 4 New Jersey State Planning Commission Donna Rendeiro and Matthew Blake 5 Shaping the future through strategic leadership Wolfram Hoefer and Jon Carnegie 6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change Frank Gallagher Section 2: Uncertainty and Space Introduction Sebastian Schlecht, Frank Gallagher 1 #thinklandscape - Imagine a metropolitan region as a landscape Sebastian Schlecht 2 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region: Insides from the Emscher Region Uli Paetzel, Anja Kroos 3 Distributed Water Infrastructure & Water Reuse Zach F. Gallagher, Edward Clerico 4 Framing Resilient Design Pippa Brashear 5 Let''s stay cool! Johannes Böttger 6 ACT NOW. How to Handle Uncertainty in Open Space Rupert Halbertschlager 7 Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilient Design Jim Welsh Section 3: Place and Conectedness Introduction Angela Oberg, Arianna Lindberg 1 Place and Climate Change Richard Alomar 2 Tomorrow''s Climate Will Not Meet Today''s Population - Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic Change in Cities Thorsten Wiechmann 3 People, Health and Place - The Urban Public Health Perspective and a State of Affairs in Germany''s Ruhr region Susanne Moebus 4 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver Services Angela Oberg 5 The Aesthetics and Politics of Tree Care Sonja Dümpelmann 6 Trees in Cities Pam Zipse 7 Gardening with Community Arianna Lindberg 8 Sea Level Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons Outside the Coast Marjorie Kaplan Lisa Auermuller Fawn McGee Barbara Woolley-Dillon Section 4: Conclusion Wolfram Hoefer, Frank Gallagher, Arianna Lindberg, Angie Oberg, and Sebastian Schlecht Notes on Contributors Opening Messages ix DAVID GILL AND SHAWN M. L ATOURE T TE Introduction 1 WOLFRAM HÖFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG, AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT Part I Tools and Process Introduction 9 WOLFRAM HÖFER 1 Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change 11 ANTHONY J. BROCCOLI 2 Pursuing a Coherent Vision in a Fragmented Policy Context 21 CLINTON J. ANDREWS 3 Climate Change Adaptation in German Environmental and Spatial Planning 34 STEFAN HEIL AND 4 New Jersey State Planning Commission 48 DONNA RENDEIRO AND MAT THE W BL AKE 5 Shaping the Future through Strategic Leadership 59 WOLFRAM HÖFER AND JON CARNEGIE 6 The Regulatory Paradox of Climate Change 71 FRANK G ALL AGHER Part II Uncertainty and Space Introduction 83 SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT AND FRANK G ALL AGHER 7 A Metropolitan Landscape Perspective 85 SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT 8 Coordinating the Ecological Transition in a Polycentric Region: Inside the Emscher Region 102 ULI PAE T ZEL AND ANJA KROOS 9 Distributed Water Infrastructure and Water Reuse 113 Z ACH F. G ALL AGHER AND EDWARD CLERICO 10 Framing Resilient Design 123 PIPPA BRASHE AR 11 Let''s Stay Cool! 136 JOHANNES BÖT TGER 12 Act Now: How to Handle Uncertainty in Open Space 150 RUPERT HALBERTSCHL AGER 13 Teaming Up: Partnerships for Resilient Design 162 JIM WELSH Part III Place and Connectedness Introduction 171 ANGEL A OBERG AND ARIANNA L INDBERG 14 Climate Change, Adaptation, and Place in New Jersey: A Departmental Perspective 173 RICHARD ALOMAR 15 Tomorrow''s Climate Will Not Meet Today''s Population: Interactions between Climate Change and Demographic Change in Cities 178 THORSTEN WIECHMANN 16 People, Health, and Place: The Urban Public Health Perspective and a State of Affairs in Germany''s Ruhr Region 192 SUSANNE MOEBUS 17 The Myopia of Infrastructure and Failure to Deliver Sewage Services 204 ANGEL A OBERG 18 Planting, Pruning, Picking: The Politics and Art of Urban Tree Care 214 SONJA DÜMPELMANN 19 Trees in Cities 228 PAM ZIPSE 20 Gardening with Community 238 ARIANNA L INDBERG 21 Sea-Level Rise, Stakeholder Challenges, and Lessons outside the Coast 248 MARJORIE K APL AN, L ISA AUERMULLER, FAWN MCGEE, AND BARBAR A WOOLLE Y- DILLON Conclusion 255 WOLFRAM HÖFER, FRANK G ALL AGHER, ARIANNA L INDBERG, ANGEL A OBERG, AND SEBASTIAN SCHLECHT Notes on Contributors 261 Index 000.