Search
Close this search box.
18
November
2021
EWN Engagements

N-EWN Seminar: Operationalizing Equity for Integrated Water Resources

Purpose

The Network for Engineering With Nature® (EWN) invites you to the N-EWN Knowledge Series: A Continuing Education Series about Engineering with Nature—Operationalizing Equity for Integrated Water Resources, with Dr. Kyle McKay (USACE-ERDC), Donald Nelson (University of Georgia), and Cydney Seigerman (UGA). This 1-hour Zoom webinar will take place Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 12:30 ET. 

Advancing social equity has been implicitly and explicitly central to international water resources policy for decades. However, water resources planning sometimes fail to fully embrace this crucial concept. Inclusion of equity within water resources infrastructure is often inhibited by an incomplete conceptual understanding of equity, a perceived lack of quantitative and qualitative equity metrics, unclear connections between equity and standard project planning frameworks, and the absence of concrete examples. In this presentation, we describe equity relative to dimensions of distribution, procedure, and recognition and identify metrics associated with each. We then map these dimensions of equity to different stages of a water resources project life cycle and highlight case studies illustrating best practices. By providing pragmatic responses to these four barriers, our intent is to facilitate a broader and deeper inclusion of equity in water resources planning, engineering, and management.

For previously recorded seminars, please visit the N-EWN Seminars page.

Point of Contact

Research Civil Engineer, Environmental Laboratory, ERDC

Professor, Graduate Coordinator, University of Georgia

PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Integrative Conservation, University of Georgia

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email

More Engagements

Recent Engagements

EWN Engagements

Related To This Engagement

Play Video
The Network for Engineering With Nature® and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a National Nature-Based Solutions......
Play Video
The Network for Engineering With Nature® and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a National Nature-Based Solutions......
This project aims to harmonize water resources infrastructure, such as reservoirs and levees, with agricultural land management across the U.S., pr......
Loading More