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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HDR implementing innovative coastal solutions across the country
We’d like to give another warm welcome to our new partners at HDR, a 100% employee-owned architectural, engineering, environmental and construction firm working in over 200 locations around the world. To get to know them, here’s a look at a collection of coastal projects they’re currently working on: Shoreline Restoration in the Gulf of Mexico…
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Ram Mohan, Anchor QEA, joins UGA IRIS as Professor of Practice
Originally published here by the UGA Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new Professor of Practice at IRIS, Dr. Ram Mohan! A fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Dr. Mohan will establish and lead the Sustainable Sediment Management Hub at IRIS. He joins us as…
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HDR Joins Network for Engineering With Nature to Advance Infrastructure Solutions
This article was originally published here by HDR. HDR has strengthened its commitment to creating a resilient future by joining Network for Engineering With Nature, a community of researchers, practitioners and educators that fosters the integration of natural systems into infrastructure planning and design. “We strive to design sustainable, resilient and equitable projects at HDR,”…
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