Burger, Johanna, Michael Greenberg and Karen Lowrie, editors. July 9, 2020. Environmental Justice and Social Injustice: Ethnic, Racial, Economic and Other Marginalized People and Communities. Risk Analysis Journal. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924.environmental-justice-social-injustice This virtual issue provides a compendium of papers from the 1980’s through the present that examine some of the risks and disadvantages that people and communities […]
2020, Burger, COVID, environmental justice, Greenberg, Lowrie, Risk Analysis, social injusticeThis virtual issue provides a compendium of papers from the 1980’s through the present that examine some of the risks and disadvantages that people and communities experience as a result of environmental injustices. Environmental injustice is one form of social injustice that refers to the disproportionate exposure of some individuals and groups to environmental hazards […]
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Greenberg, M., J. Burger and K. Lowrie, eds. (2020). “Nuclear Power, Weapons and Waste Management: A 40-year Retrospective,” Risk Analysis virtual issue, available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1002/(ISSN)1539-6924.nuclear-power-weapons-and-waste-management Photo Credit: Dr. Joanna Burger, Rutgers University
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Herb, Jeanne, Lowrie, Karen, Auermuller, Lisa Findley, Patricia. (2019). A seat at the table: Integrating the needs and challenges of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal hazards planning in New Jersey. Submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Climate Resilience. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. […]
2019, Auermuller, Climate, coastal, Findley, Herb, NJDEP, NOAA, report, resilience, socially vulnerableEAC staff are collaborating with others at Rutgers and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to develop data, guidance and policy recommendations for integrating the needs of underrepresented and socially vulnerable populations into coastal climate change resilience planning. Supported as a Project of Special Merit by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the […]
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Rutgers scholars have been at the forefront of promoting Health in All Policies (HiAP) as a collaborative approach to reducing disparities and improving the health of all communities and people by incorporating health considerations into decision-making across sectors and policy areas. As part of the EAC team’s continuing HiAP efforts in New Jersey, they prepared […]
2019, energy, Hagen, HIA, Lowrie
Malone, Sara, Karen Lowrie, Jeanne Herb and Michael Greenberg. 2019. Delaware River Watershed Initiative Restoration and Land Protection Practice Diffusion Survey. Prepared for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Environmental Analysis& Communications Group. Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. New Brunswick, New Jersey. The primary purpose of the survey was to […]
2019, DRWI, Greenberg, Herb, Lowrie, Malone, NFWF, survey
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leaders program, EAC staff are working to develop a set of health inequity indicators for New Jersey. The focus of this project is on examining “upstream” or social determinants of health. The EAC team developed a screening approach to better understand disproportionate environmental burden […]
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Karen Lowrie, Ph.D. received the Richard J. Burk Outstanding Service Award at the 2018 Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Annual Conference in New Orleans on December 4, 2018. The award is granted in recognition of extraordinary service to the Society that deserves special recognition. She has served as Managing Editor for the SRA’s international journal, Risk Analysis since […]
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EAC Team members, Dr. Michael Greenberg, Jeanne Herb, Dr. Karen Lowrie and Sara Malone will design and implement a survey to assess the effectiveness of efforts to inspire and motivate restoration and protection efforts in and around the Delaware River basin. The survey, funded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, will assess knowledge diffusion […]
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