Ellis Kalaidjian, Margaret H. Kurth, John Kucharski, Stephanie Galaitsi, and Elissa Yeates

There is consensus within psychological, physiological, medical, and social science disciplines that active and passive exposure to nature enhances human well-being. Natural infrastructure (NI) includes elements of nature that can deliver these ancillary well-being benefits while serving their in...

Ellis Kalaidjian, Margaret H. Kurth, Bari N. Greenfeld, and Matthew A. Smith

Knowledge gaps surrounding natural infrastructure (NI) life cycles and performance thwart widespread implementation of NI in civil works projects. In particular, information about funding or financing the scoping, design, construction, monitoring, and adaptive management of NI projects constitute...

Emily Dolatowski (UGA), Burton Suedel (USACE ERDC EL), Jon Calabria (UGA), Matthew Bilskie (UGA), James Byers (UGA), Kelsey Broich (UGA), Kyle McKay (USACE ERDC EL), Amanda Tritinger (USACE EWN), and Brock Woodson (UGA)

Extreme weather variation, natural disasters, and anthropogenic actions negatively impact coastal communities through flooding and erosion. To safeguard coastal settlements, shorelines are frequently reinforced with seawalls and bulkheads. Hardened shorelines, however, result in biodiversity loss...

Charles B. van Rees, Darixa D. Hernández-Abrams, Matthew Shudtz, Roderick Lammers, James Byers, Brian P. Bledsoe, Matthew V. Bilskie, Jon Calabria, Matthew Chambers, Emily Dolatowski, Susana Ferreira, Laura Naslund, Donald R. Nelson, Nathan Nibbelink, Burton Suedel, Amanda Tritinger, C. Brock Woodson, S. Kyle McKay, and Seth J. Wenger

Civil infrastructure will be essential to face the interlinked existential threats of climate change and rising resource demands while ensuring a livable Anthropocene for all. However, conventional infrastructure planning largely neglects the contributions and maintenance of Earth’s ecological li...

Lauren V. Bosche, Dr. Dan Walker, Dr. Thomas A. Douglas, Ivana Kubat, Dr. Nicholas Cohn, Dr. Jeffrey King, and Jacquelyn Overbeck

The Engineering With Nature program is pleased to share the summary report for the “Collaborative Development of Natural and Nature-based Solutions for Coastal Resiliency in the Arctic and Adjacent Regions” workshop held in Reston, Virginia on October 24-25, 2023. The workshop assembled diverse i...

Megan A. Kelso, Austen E. Stovall, Borja G. Reguero, Franco Guillermo, and Michael W. Beck

Risks from natural hazards are growing due to climate change and habitat loss. Both insurance and nature-based solutions (NBS) can play important roles in reducing risks. Practitioners in the fields of risk management, insurance, and environmental management have many common goals for assessing r...