Sustainable Development Tools to Protect Water Resources

A Watershed Tools for Local Leaders Webinar

Presenters:

  • Thomas G. Dallessio, FAICP/PP/CPM/FRSAT  Professional Planner
  • Hana Katz, NJ Program Manager Rebuild by Design

Overdevelopment and poor planning practices burden municipal stormwater infrastructure, deplete groundwater, increase risk of flooding, and destroy habitat. Many communities are finding it extremely challenging to develop and enforce smart, sustainable planning practices to protect their valuable natural resources, develop climate resiliency strategies, and establish equitable communities. The challenges are many.

Learn how you as a municipal leader and community member can safeguard your natural resources from encroaching development.

Additional Resources:

Rebuild by Design

Plan for Health New Jersey

Environmental Resource Inventory 

Municipal Land Use Law 

Highlands Act

Fair Housing Act

NJ State Development-Redevelopment Act