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Brian Bledsoe and Don Nelson Explore the Importance of Taking Cues from Nature
“Infrastructure must become more resilient as the global climate changes and also more affordable in the economic and political context of a post-COVID world. We can solve this dual challenge and drive global infrastructure investment into a more sustainable direction by taking our cues from Nature,” write Brian Bledsoe and Don Nelson, along with several […]
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IRIS selected to develop innovative approaches for resiliency at military installations
The Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) at the University of Georgia was selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop innovative approaches for collaborating with U.S. military installations and their adjacent communities to increase resilience through Engineering With Nature and natural infrastructure solutions. With a team whose expertise cuts across engineering, environmental […]
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Story Map: At what scale does natural infrastructure have the biggest impact on community resilience?
As part of the N-EWN collaboration, IRIS researcher Dr. Matt Bilskie (Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering, University of Georgia), along with his research partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Dr. Amanda Tritinger and their team of collaborators set out to find out. It can be difficult to assess the real-world impacts […]
