A Conversation with New Jersey’s Flood Experts Friday, September 15, 2023, 2pm The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center and the Rutgers...
Environmental Analysis & Communications
$3.25M in Grants Awarded to Create Inclusive Healthy Communities in NJ
In partnership with CUPR's Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, led by Executive Director Jeanne Herb, the Inclusive Healthy...
Ensuring Access to Nature and Outdoor Recreation: Advancing Health Equity for People with Disabilities
The following blog was published by the New Jersey State Policy Lab, February 23, 2023 By Jeanne Herb The US Centers for Disease Control and...
Jeanne Herb chairs National Academy of Sciences workshop planning committee on Communities, Climate Change and Health Equity.
As climate change worsens air pollution, expands urban heat islands, and intensifies extreme weather events, communities least able to respond often...
Jeanne Herb to serve as Interim Administrative Director of new regional climate resilience hub
Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New...
EAC’s work in C2R2 highlighted in Rutgers Magazine
Read about EAC's participation in the Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Training Program in the current edition of Rutgers Magazine. Learn...
Matt Campo works with colleagues to develop webinar series incorporating SLR into urban planning decisions
EAC's Matt Campo worked together with colleagues from Washington State Sea Grant and the American Planning Association's Mazard Mitigation and...
Jeanne Herb discusses Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Initiative in short video
In this short video, Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the EAC Group at Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, describes the...
Dr. Karen Lowrie leads planning team for City of Elizabeth revitalization projects
Karen Lowrie, Ph.D., is leading EAC's work on the planning team for two different neighborhood revitalization projects in the City of Elizabeth,...
Dr. Karen Lowrie to co-lead Health in All Policies Continuing Education Training Course
Karen Lowrie, Ph.D. at the Environmental Analysis & Communications Group and Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP/PP at the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation...
Recent Products
First, Do No Harm: Algorithms, AI, and Digital Product Liability
The ethical imperative for technology should be "first, do no harm." But digital innovations like AI and social media increasingly enable societal harms, from bias to misinformation. As these technologies grow ubiquitous, we need solutions to address unintended...
Focus Group Synthesis for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
This project is a component of a research-informed white paper focused on the challenges and opportunities associated with access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities in New Jersey. This report shares the key findings from three focus groups with people...
Research Summary of State Policies for Increasing Access to Nature for People with Disabilities
First, we discuss federal policies that increase public recreation access to the outdoors, in order to understand how states have used this context to inform their own efforts to increase outdoor access. Using policy examples from twelve states (Alaska, California,...
Access to Nature for People with Disabilities: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities
This white paper explores the physical and mental health benefits of outdoor recreation and nature, focusing on those with disabilities. The paper has four sections. Section 1 examines the physical health benefits of access to outdoor recreation and nature, such as...