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: Anchor QEA
Anchor QEA is excited to kick off our Network for Engineering With Nature (NEWN) takeover week by spotlighting our longstanding collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and its innovation arm, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), to support the Engineering With Nature (EWN) Initiative. Through this partnership, we have…
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StoryMap: UNH Coastal Habitat Restoration Team on salt marsh restoration initiatives
The Coastal Habitat Restoration Team at the University of New Hampshire is partnering with NH Audubon and many more to kick off a pair of salt marsh restoration initiatives in the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Check out our StoryMap for all the details! Learn more here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1893e5b62242458283f5556f47a2a81f
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Partner Takeover: University of New Hampshire
Meet our next partner taking the reins this week: The University of New Hampshire’s School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering! The School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering is the University of New Hampshire’s first “interdisciplinary school,” designed to address today’s highly complex ocean and coastal challenges through integrated graduate education, research and engagement.…
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