Tag: Natural infrastructure

  • Summary of the 2023 Georgia Resilience Roundtable

    Summary of the 2023 Georgia Resilience Roundtable

    The University of Georgia Institute for Resilient Infrastructure Systems (UGA IRIS), with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, held a Georgia Resilience Roundtable at the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) in Atlanta, Georgia on December 15, 2023. IRIS and ARC gathered stakeholders from across Georgia (over 60 attendees) who are currently engaged or interested in issues […]

  • Duke University hosts panel on sustainable infrastructure

    Duke University hosts panel on sustainable infrastructure

    At a recent symposium hosted by Duke University, experts from across academic, governance and NGO sectors exchanged ideas about accelerating sustainable infrastructure development, including our own Dr. Todd Bridges. “I’d like to think that we’re entering a renaissance period in civil engineering with the opportunities that are before us,” said Bridges, Professor of Practice in […]

  • PhD in Review: Laura Naslund reflects on her dissertation journey

    PhD in Review: Laura Naslund reflects on her dissertation journey

    I first interviewed Laura Naslund as the sun rose over a pond near Watkinsville, Georgia in June of 2022. I was an intern at the River Basin Center helping with Naslund’s field work, and we had just finished two hours of paddling a canoe to collect her homemade gas traps. These traps were upside-down funnels […]