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Making Room for the River: Matt Chambers featured on Resources Radio
Levees are built to protect communities from floods. But when they fail, it can costs lives, homes and livelihoods. That’s where natural infrastructure comes in: by setting levees away from rivers and making room for natural floodplains in unpopulated areas, levees near communities are less likely to fail. Levee setback expert Matt Chambers, who is…
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IRIS named as a key University of Georgia sustainability initiative
We’re proud to announce that the Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems was recently named in the University of Georgia’s 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report. The report summarized the many sustainability-oriented initiatives at the University of Georgia. “The University of Georgia is committed to tackling the world’s grand challenges, from combatting poverty, hunger, and infectious disease…
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School at the beach: IRIS graduate students flex their problem solving skills during Natural Infrastructure Field Course
IRIS graduate students flex their problem solving skills during Natural Infrastructure Field Course This past week, twelve Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (IRIS) graduate students ditched the classroom for the beach – where they attended a natural infrastructure field course on Skidaway Island and Isle of Hope to flex their problem solving skills in the…