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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Recap: February’s Monthly Highlights Meeting
At our February Monthly Highlights meeting for partners, we heard from Brett Branco, Director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, a research institute at CUNY’s Brooklyn College and one of our newest N-EWN partners. Branco gave a brief history of Jamaica Bay, New York City, and the issues the bay has faced…
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Partner Profile: Stantec
Delivering Nature-based Solutions (NbS) globally that are innovative and future-ready for more than 30 years Featured image (above): Bucktown Harbor Boardwalk and Marsh Overlook Stantec leverages its established global platform to deliver future, climate ready solutions across all client portfolios and geographies. We work with global and local organizations and collaboratively share the engineered and scientific…
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Partner Podcasts – February 2024
Two of our favorite podcasts have brand new episodes this month! Check them out below. The Engineering With Nature Podcast S7 E3: A Personal Journey To Make NBS “Just Part of the Fabric” In The San Francisco District This episode features Julie Beagle, Environmental Planning Section Chief for the USACE San Francisco District, with podcast…
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