Jeanne Herb, Executive Director of the Bloustein School’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, will be working with Rutgers scientists David Bushek and Michale DeLuca, among others, to develop a GIS based tool for spacial planning and management of shellfish aquaculture in New Jersey. The project was one of 42 projects awarded funding by NOAA Sea […]
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
On September 5th, 2019, experts at Rutgers University released Field Notes: Equity and State Climate Policy, an independent study based on more than 70 interviews with state officials, stakeholders and advocates. Led by Jeanne Herb and Marjorie Kaplan of Rutgers, this report takes an in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities faced by states in the […]
Rutgers researchers release report examining efforts in 15 states across the country designed to promote coastal resilience with an emphasis on sea-level rise programs and policies. The report “An Overview of State Coastal Zone Management Policies Designed to Promote Coastal Resilience” can be found here. Suggested citation: Herb, J, M. Kaplan, M. Campo, S. Kennedy, A. Wainwright, […]
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 […]
2019, Culture of Health Leaders, Greenberg, health, health inequities, Herb, indicators, RWJF, Whytlaw
Malone, S.J., R.G. Lathrop, E. Pyshnik, J. Blum, J. Whytlaw, and J. Bognar. 2019. State of the Raritan Report, Volume 2. Sustainable Raritan River Initiative, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Rutgers University’s Sustainable Raritan River Initiative has released a second report on the status of watershed health for the Raritan […]
2019, Malone, Raritan, report
Rutgers experts, including Jeanne Herb of the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, provide sound science and evidence-based recommendations on how to be more resilient to climate change-related impacts in four essays. Read their recommendations here and access online resilience tools that can help New Jersey, counties, towns, businesses and residents adapt to climate change-related impacts. […]
2019, Climate, coastal, Herb, resilience, Rising Tide
Dr. Jennifer Whytlaw produced a new story map that shows how the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal is being used to inform discussions on potential locations for offshore wind farms in the New York Bight. The story map was produced for Monmouth University’s Urban Coast Institute where Dr. Whytlaw is an Instructor of GIS. View the […]
2019, Monmouth, storymap, Whytlaw, wind
This year’s Sustainable Raritan River conference will be a joint effort with Rutgers Climate Institute, New Jersey Climate Change Alliance, and Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience program to explore the impacts of climate change on Raritan basin communities and environs, and to advance renewed watershed planning efforts that will promote resilience throughout the Raritan […]
Climate Institute, conference, Raritan, resilience