EAC team members will work on an interdisciplinary team at Rutgers to integrate an existing suite of coastal hazards mapping tools into a unified...
Environmental Analysis & Communications
EAC’s Dr. Whytlaw developed/teaches GIS Applications in Marine Science and Policy class to Monmouth University students
EAC's Dr. Whytlaw has developed and teaches a GIS Applications in Marine Science and Policy class to Monmouth University students. The course has...
EAC Karen Lowrie co-facilitates PHCI workshop in southern NJ
Karen Lowrie co-facilitated a workshop on May 9 at the Rutgers Atlantic Cape campus with Leigh Ann Von Hagen as part of the Planning Health...
See NJSpotlight opinion piece on making New Jersey the healthiest state
Read Jeanne Herb's Op-Ed in NJSpotlight on achieving health equity in New Jersey. Follow this link.
EAC Assists with Groundbreaking Joint Land Use Study at NWS Earle
A Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) is a cooperative planning effort between local governments and military installations. Working with the County of...
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance Launches Social Media Campaign
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance – facilitated by Rutgers University–New Brunswick – has launched a social media campaign to enhance...
EAC Conducts Health Impact Assessment Training for Housing and Community Development of New Jersey
Karen Lowrie of EAC, together with Planning Healthy Communities Initiatives (PHCI) colleague Leigh Ann Von Hagen of the Voorhees Transportation...
Join EAC for HIA: Incorporating Health into Planning & Decision-Making – Feb 23
Join EAC for an upcoming training course, Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision-Making, offered through the...
EAC Supports Age-Friendly Planning in Elizabeth, NJ
Meet EAC team member, Dr. Karen Lowrie and hear about her work building healthy communities for aging populations in the City of Elizabeth. With...
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb and Karen Lowrie win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
EAC’s Jennifer Whytlaw, Jeanne Herb, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Dr. Michael Greenberg win grant from the County Health Rankings and Roadmaps. Principal...
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...