Get to know N-EWN
A community of researchers, practitioners, and educators working together to advance the practice of natural infrastructure.
We work across four main branches
In order to help facilitate the widespread adoption of natural infrastructure practices across the United States, we’ve identified four main areas that need additional work:
Developing methods and standards
New tools, techniques and guidance are needed to effectively plan, design, construct and operate natural infrastructure at different scales
Assessing benefits and costs
Natural infrastructure provides communities with a broad array of economic, environmental and social benefits. Improved approaches are needed to evaluate, quantify and forecast these benefits to support planning and decision making
Monitoring performance and outcomes
Technically sound, efficient and applicable methods are needed to track natural infrastructure performance over time, develop the evidence base for future designs, ensure compliance with policy and inform project operations and adaptive management
Integrating people and policy
Providing infrastructure that supports human wellbeing and equitably meets the needs of diverse communities requires integration of human values, attitudes, beliefs, perceptions and policies with modern communication and collaboration practices
Combining a diversity of on-the-ground experience with interdisciplinary teams.
The N-EWN community is made up of over 30 partners from industry, academia and the non-profit sector.
What N-EWN’s been up to:
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Partner Takeover: UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience
Hello from the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR)! We’re excited to join you here as part of this social media takeover with our partners at N-EWN. At CCCR, we’re building solutions to reduce coastal risks locally, CA-wide, nationally and internationally. We are helping communities build resilience and adapt to rising risks.…
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Duke’s Nature Activation Hub: Lowering Barriers to Investment in NbS
The Nature Activation Hub at Duke University is working with multiple partners to think about how to lower the barriers for private sector investment in nature-based solutions. Learn more here. As nature-based solutions gain popularity, there is concern that public funding won’t be enough to enable implementation at the pace and scale required to achieve…
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Duke University: Introducing the Nature Activation Hub
The Nature Activation Hub at Duke University engages in actionable research and purposeful partnerships to overcome barriers and identify opportunities that advance nature-based solutions. FIND OUT MORE at https://duke.is/naturehub Hosted by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, the hub collaborates with a wide variety of partners, such as federal and state agencies, land…
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