October 2023

Assessing Opportunities for Equitable Natural Infrastructure Planning: Accounting for Human Well-Being and Comprehensive Benefits

About This Presentation

Platform: 2023 ASBPA National Coastal Conference

Presented by Ellis Kalaidjian [Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, Tennessee], Margaret Kurth [Environmental Laboratory (EL), US Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC)], John Kucharski [EL-ERDC], Stephanie Galaitsi [EL-ERDC], Elissa Yeates [Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, ERDC], and Caleb Sytsma [ORISE]

Point of Contact

Elissa Yeates

Research Hydraulic Engineer, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, ERDC

Margaret Kurth

Research Environmental Engineer, Environmental Laboratory, ERDC

Associated Research Projects

Equitably Incorporating the Wellbeing Benefits of Nature

A process to incorporate the benefits of nature for human wellbeing will help USACE achieve more comprehensive benefits accounting and therefore more informed project evaluation. Ideally this work, in combination with...

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