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New Project Highlight: Improving Federal Regulations to Promote Levee Setbacks
Late last year, the Corps published a proposal to revise its regulations governing implementation of PL 84-99. We saw this as a prime opportunity to push for policy changes that will enhance the Corps’ analysis and implementation of levee setbacks. Our comments are detailed but boil down to one simple concept: Levee setbacks are an […]
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New Publication: Disasters collide at the intersection of extreme weather and infectious diseases
In a new publication, IRIS researchers Brian Bledsoe, Marshall Shepherd, and Meredith Welch-Devine examined the additive impacts of extreme weather events, like hurricanes, and infectious disease. Check out the abstract below: It is well understood that natural disasters interact to affect the resilience and prosperity of communities and disproportionately affect low income families and communities […]
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IRIS and ERDC Strategic Planning Visit
Today, we welcomed leaders and researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research Development Center, to the University of Georgia campus in order to celebrate our long history of successful research as partners, and to plan for an exciting future. Dr. Jack Hu, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, welcomed the […]
