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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Upcoming webinar: Rational & Irrational Choice in Household Flood Risk Management
Join N-EWN member Dr. Craig Landry for the Rational & Irrational Choice in Household Flood Risk Management webinar, hosted through the University of Waterloo. 21 Sept 2021, 1 pm Eastern Time Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WzpZ4RJvR6GNdT4HLqe7kA Topic: Rational & Irrational Choice in Household Flood Risk Management Description: Although flood insurance has been available for decades in the United States, many…
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Making Climate Change a Kitchen-Table Issue: Marshall Shepherd Featured on Political Rewind
N-EWN member Dr. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia, was recently featured on Political Rewind, a show hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting, on the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
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Expanding leadership capabilities: Brock Woodson selected for Leading Large Integrative Research Teams Workshop Series
We’re excited to announce that N-EWN researcher Dr. Brock Woodson, University of Georgia Associate Professor in the College of Engineering, was recently selected to participate in the Leading Large Integrative Research Teams workshop series (L2-IRT). Participants are selected through a nomination process that seeks individuals with past histories of interdisciplinary research. The program is designed to…
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