Environmental Protection Case Studies
Housing Case Studies
Open Space & Farmland Case Studies
Redevelopment Case Studies
Regional Cooperation Case Studies
Transportation Case Studies
Water Resources Case Studies
Case Studies Around the Country

• Habitat & Biodiversity Protection
• Stream Corridor Protection

• Affordable Housing:
  www.fanniemaefoundation.org/programs/hpd/v12i3-greenberg.shtml

• Farmland Preservation:
  www.njfuture.org/articles/preservingfarmland.html
• Conservancy Land Conservation Projects:
  local_open_case.shtml#conservancy
  • Muckshaw Ponds Preserve (Sussex County), The Nature Conservancy
  • The Krischer Tract (Ocean County), Trust for Public Land
• Smart Conservation Projects:
  local_open_case.shtml#projects
  • Township of Chesterfield, Burlington County
  • Plainsboro Township, Middlesex County
  • Plumsted Township, Ocean County
  • East Amwell Township, Hunterdon County

• Brownfields:
  • Brownfield Redevelopment and Affordable Housing: A Case Study of New Jersey
    
  • Phillipsburg Ingersoll Rand Site - City of Phillipsburg, Warren County
    
  • Trenton Magic Marker Site - City of Trenton, Mercer County
    
• Redevelopment:
  • Belleville Township, Essex County
    
  • Long Branch, Monmouth County
    
  • Martin Luther King Drive, Jersey City, Hudson County
    
  • Montclair Township, Essex County
    
  • Pabst Brewery in Newark/Irvington, Essex County
    
  • Trenton Eco-Industrial Park, City of Trenton, Mercer County
    
  • Willingboro Township, Burlington County
    

• Inter-Jurisdictional Partnerships:
  www.naco.org/Content/ContentGroups/Programs_and_Projects/Environmenta l1/Sources/1528LocalTools.pdf
  This report, "Growing Together: City/County Smart Growth Profiles," by the Joint Center for Sustainable Communities, highlights six case studies where multiple jurisdictions teamed up to create solutions to common land-use problems.
• Watershed Planning:
  local_reg_coop.shtml#watershed
• The Pinelands:
  local_reg_coop.shtml#pinelands
• The Hackensack Meadowlands:
  local_reg_coop.shtml#hackensack
• Multi-Municipal Planning:
  local_reg_coop.shtml#multi

• Database of Bicycle & Pedestrian Plans and Projects Throughout N.J.:
  policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/pedbike/infoclearing/infocollection/njbpprojects/surveydatabase.html
  This database, compiled by the Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute, shows the results of a statewide survey of all of New Jersey's 566 municipalities. It includes information on type of projects, funding sources, contacts, and more.
• Improving Conditions for Bicycling and Walking:
  safety.fhwa.dot.gov/fourthlevel/pdf/intro.pdf
  A best practices report that provides information on pedestrian and bicycle projects that have been recognized for increasing walking and bicycling and improving user safety in communities across the U.S.
• Exemplary Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trail Plans:
  www.walkinginfo.org/pp/exemplary.htm
  This list of exemplary bicycle and pedestrian plans, compiled, by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, provides easy access to a number of good examples of bicycle and pedestrian planning.

• Traffic Calming Programs Around the Country:
  www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/tcalm/part3.htm
• Exemplary Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trail Plans:
  www.walkinginfo.org/pp/exemplary.htm
  This list of exemplary bicycle and pedestrian plans, compiled, by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, provides easy access to a number of good examples of bicycle and pedestrian planning.

• Case Studies: Transit-Friendly Planning in New Jersey & Around The Country /A>

• Stream Corridor Protection

• www.nga.org/center/growth/
  These case studies, from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, focuses on state innovations and best practices on issues that range from education and health to technology, welfare reform, and the environment. A few of NGA's case studies are New Jersey-based. The others are useful for smart growth ideas.