Tag: Natural infrastructure

  • Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    Notes from the field with graduate student Ada Chimzulukeme Agbogu

    A search for challenging work drove me from my home country, Nigeria to the United States. I was admitted to the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Georgia as a masters student in 2020. A few months after I arrived at the department, I was placed in the Hunter Army Airfield project team. Since my bachelor’s degree program was…

  • PEW Flood Prepared Communities visits Athens

    PEW Flood Prepared Communities visits Athens

    We’re so excited to welcome PEW Flood Prepared Communities to the University of Georgia Campus today, to learn about their team and showcase the latest IRIS research on flood hazard modeling, natural infrastructure, and operationalizing equitable delivery of flood risk reduction.

  • Examining the tradeoffs between density and green space in urban neighborhoods

    Examining the tradeoffs between density and green space in urban neighborhoods

    Scientists are increasingly finding evidence of the importance of having green space, like parks and greenways, in urban environments. But cities also need to be able to accommodate plenty of people. In a paper recently published by IRIS affiliate Andressa Mansur, alongside lead scientist for nature-based solutions, Robert McDonald, at The Nature Conservancy, and a team of experts from other…