Victoria St. Martin

Sep 27, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Victoria St. Martin

Read this article in English. Este artículo es parte de un proyecto de periodismo colaborativo entre Borderless Magazine, Cicero Independiente e Inside Climate News, dirigido por el Institute for Nonprofit News (INN). Fue financiado por Field Foundation e INN. HOBOKEN, Nueva Jersey—Para ser una ciudad tan pequeña que casi cabría dentro del Central Park de Manhattan, Hoboken, a pocos kilómetros de distancia en Nueva Jersey, ha acumulado mucha historia dentro de sus estrechos límites.

Sep 27, 2024 | ciceroindependiente.com | Victoria St. Martin

The park, one of four planned resiliency sites in the city, was primarily paid for with infrastructure replacement grants, including roughly $10 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Stratton said a key element of the park’s design is its multi-pronged approach to flood mitigation. “It’s a park, stormwater pumping station, the whole thing,” Stratton said during an interview at the park while a cluster of summer campers squealed on a playset nearby.

Sep 27, 2024 | borderlessmag.org | Victoria St. Martin

Desde su apertura en junio de 2023, el parque de Hoboken se ha convertido en un centro neurálgico para los padres de la zona, como Maren Schmitt, que lo visitaba por primera vez con sus hijos Theo, de 5 años, y Benno, de 3, y ya estaba deseando repetir. Schmitt, que regenta la panadería Otok en la ciudad, dijo que como el diseño del parque se basaba en reducir los daños del cambio climático, hubo muchos momentos de enseñanza en medio del recreo de sus hijos.

Sep 27, 2024 | borderlessmag.org | Victoria St. Martin

While that kind of versatility is hardly new to urban planning, it can take on a different flavor depending on geography when it comes to dealing with climate change, said Hirschfeld. She said it all depends on the various ways that climate change and its effects—extreme temperatures, fires, floods and storm surges—play out in different locales. “Every geography is going to have slightly different stressors,” Hirschfeld said. “Hoboken is a place that used to be an island.

Sep 26, 2024 | insideclimatenews.org | Victoria St. Martin

This story is part of a collaborative reporting project led by the Institute for Nonprofit News and including Borderless Magazine, Cicero Independiente and Inside Climate News. It was supported by the Field Foundation and INN. HOBOKEN, N.J.—For a city that’s almost small enough to fit inside Manhattan’s Central Park just a few miles away, Hoboken, New Jersey, has seen a lot of history play out within its narrow borders.