The institute for resilient infrastructure systems
REDEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A MORE RESILIENT WORLD
We’re an interdisciplinary team of scientists working toward thriving communities, businesses and natural systems through natural infrastructure.
Who are we?
An interdisciplinary team of researchers, practitioners, and educators from over a dozen departments at the University of Georgia. Our research is designed to be put directly in the hands of our stakeholders, to be used as tools in creating real-world change.
learn more About natural infrastructure
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Reading the dunes: What their changing shape tells us
To someone walking along the beach, coastal dunes can look like fixed hills of sand. In reality, they are dynamic landscapes, continually reshaped by wind,…
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New Resilient Futures Podcast: Can Artificial Intelligence Aid Natural Disaster Response?
Check out our latest Resilient Futures Podcast at your favorite place to listen! Disasters in the US are becoming more frequent, severe, and costly, and…
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Busy as a Beaver: Developing Tools for Strategic Implementation of Beaver Dam Analogs
Beavers have long been known as a nuisance animal for their unsolicited tree removal and instinct to dam up water sources to create floodplains. However,…
Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems
Based in Athens, Georgia
Contact:
Gin Bacon Talati
vbtalati@uga.edu
Sarah Buckleitner
sarah.buckleitner@uga.edu
