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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Natural Infrastructure Recognized in American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
We’re excited by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s announcement that natural infrastructure is recognized as a key solution for building resilience and raising the grade across all infrastructure sectors in the ASCE Report Card for America’s Infrastructure!
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March 9th: Scott Pippin and Shana Jones to Present New Paper at Climate Change Symposium
On March 9th, Scott Pippin and Shana Jones will be presenting a new paper, Stabilizing the Edge: Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic Shorescapes Facing Sea-Level Rise, at Columbia Law School’s annual Climate Change Symposium. An article also will appear in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law in the spring. In the article, the researchers analyze ocean-facing and estuarine protection laws…
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Researcher Spotlight! Meet Kyle McKay
Your name: Kyle McKay Your job title: Research Civil Engineer Tell us a bit about your job: I am a research civil engineer for the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Although our labs are in Mississippi, I am stationed in New York City to collaborate with the USACE New…
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