Community Health and Environmental Policy

How do we create conditions and environments that support health and well-being?

Our work focuses on such topics as infrastructure, science and technology, community design, community health promotion, migration and population dynamics, transportation, energy, and climate and the environment, as well as other policy concerns that are influenced by the natural and built environment, technology, and community organizations and institutions that affect well-being.

  • Community Design
  • Community Health Promotion
  • Infrastructure
  • Climate and the Environment
  • Transportation
  • Energy
  • Migration and Population Dynamics
  • Science and Technology
  • Space Policy
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What We Do

Our latest research and commentary

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    Commentary

    How Voters Can Assess New Climate Plans

    Nov 14, 2019

    While the U.S. government has announced its intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, most presidential candidates and many states have proposed climate plans of their own. How might voters determine if any of these plans can seriously address climate change?

  • Journal Article

    Enhancing Community Preparedness: An Inventory and Analysis of Disaster Citizen Science Activities

    Oct 31, 2019

    The emerging field of disaster citizen science may be a promising way to enhance public health emergency preparedness and build community resilience. This inventory of projects establishes a baseline for future research to capitalize on opportunities, address limitations, and help disaster citizen science achieve its potential.

  • A woman walks along a road covered in smog due to a forest fire in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 6, 2019, photo by Antara Foto Agency/Reuters

    Commentary

    Uncovering the Links Between Fires and Public Health in Equatorial Asia

    Oct 25, 2019

    Fires in Indonesia, if left unchecked, could cause an average of 36,000 premature deaths annually across Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Researchers built a tool that models the effect of the fires on public health.

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Research Centers

Community Health and Environmental Policy research centers, and related RAND centers.

Making an Impact

We are committed to not just being a leader in community health and environmental policy research, but in ensuring that our work has a positive impact on the world.

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    Solution

    Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

    The vulnerability of coastal residents to loss of life and property damage from storm-surge flooding has already proven extensive in recent years. RAND has helped policymakers determine what mix of hurricane risk reduction and coastal restoration projects can reduce hurricane damage risk and rebuild coastal land, recognizing budget constraints.

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