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New IRIS in Focus: A Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Primer on Levee Setbacks
Recently, IRIS researchers Yee Huang and Matt Shudtz developed the Legal, Regulatory and Policy Primer on Levee Setbacks, a tool intended to help interested communities strategize how to implement a levee setback by helping planning branches in federal agencies, local levee districts and beyond understand the authorities, funding programs, permitting and legal requirements, and incentives…
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Resilient Futures Podcast Episode 2 – Promoting Resilience: Interdisciplinary Expertise and Collaboration
On interdisciplinary collaboration, promoting resilience projects and disaster management strategies with Executive Director of ASCE, Tom Smith Just in time for the ASCE INSPIRE Conference, Alysha Helmrich and Todd Bridges are joined by Tom Smith, Executive Director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, to discuss interdisciplinary collaboration between engineers, policy experts, and environmental managers.…
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UGA researchers use water management and environmental justice data to create urban stream prioritization framework
IRIS Research Scientist Holly Yaryan Hall and Director Brian Bledsoe recently published a technical paper in ASCE Open: Multidisciplinary Journal of Civil Engineering, describing the importance of systems engineering in implementation of natural infrastructure projects and nature-based solutions. The paper reviews the complex challenges faced by surface water management, especially in urban riverscapes, focusing specifically…