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 NNI community is made up of over 30 partners from industry, academia and the non-profit sector.
What NNI’s been up to:
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N-EWN researchers present work at the 2021 Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting
Recently, N-EWN researchers studying the role of natural infrastructure in addressing inequity in water resources presented their work at the 2021 Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting. See the recorded talk below! Presentation Title: The Use of Nature-Based Solutions to Address Inequities within Water Resources Projects Authors: Seigerman, Cydney K., Biesel, Shelly A., and Nelson,…
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Engineering With Nature Atlas Volume 2, launches tomorrow!
We’re proud to announce that our partners at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are launching the Engineering with Nature, an Atlas, Volume 2 tomorrow. The Atlas showcases 62 projects from around the world that illustrate the principles and practices of Engineering With Nature. The Atlas was developed to communicate the diversity of projects, contexts,…
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Three new post-doctoral researchers join the N-EWN team!
We’re excited to announce the addition of three new colleagues to the N-EWN team: Dr. Andressa Mansur, Dr. Charles van Rees, and Dr. Hithaishi Hewageegana. These researchers will further the N-EWN mission by leveraging their combined expertise in engineering, socio-ecological systems, numerical modeling, ecology, biology, marine and coastal management.
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