Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New...
Environmental Analysis & Communications
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...
Dr. Karen Lowrie discusses Health in All Policies at the 2021 New Jersey Sustainability Summit
Dr. Karen Lowrie of the EAC Group presented a session on "Health in All Policies: Integrating Health into Decision-Making" as part of the New Jersey...
Spring 2021 Graduate Planning Studio explores the D&R Canal Master Plan
Spanning over a 70-mile corridor, the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park (D&R Canal Park) provides millions of New Jersey residents with...
All Grantees Kick-Off Meeting
In many ways, the IHC grant program is a highly innovative initiative that seeks to undertake upfront and lasting engagement of people with...
Coastal Climate Resilience Studio Course: Integrating Climate Change Resilience into the New Jersey State Planning Commission Plan Endorsement Process
The client for this fall 2020 Bloustein resilience studio course is the state OPA and the studio focus is on supporting OPA’s effort to incorporate...
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Key influences on residential photovoltaic solar panel adoption in the United States
The prevalence of low-density residential development to host solar PV, the ubiquity of solar irradiation, and incentivizing policies have created substantial opportunities for homeowners in the United States. Federal, state, and municipal governments implement...
Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?
Chatbots are software programs that use natural language processing to have conversations with people. Also called conversational agents, they can answer questions, provide recommendations, and complete tasks. Leading companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and...
TECH UPDATES: What Municipal CAOs Need to Know, Part 1: Tech Fitness and Cyber Hygiene
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...