{"id":1336,"date":"2020-05-11T16:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2022-05-11T16:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T16:37:50","slug":"404000-grant-funds-stetsons-water-institute-and-south-atlantic-region-project%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/2020\/05\/11\/404000-grant-funds-stetsons-water-institute-and-south-atlantic-region-project%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"$404,000 Grant Funds Stetson\u2019s Water Institute And South Atlantic Region Project\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Streets in New Bern, North Carolina, were flooded after Hurricane Florence in September 2018. Photo by Alice Wilson, City of New Bern Geographical Information Systems Manager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Many coastal cities are sinking and becoming more susceptible to climate change. As the world and oceans become warmer, rising sea levels will continue to cause flooding and storm surge in low-lying areas. A new grant gives researchers throughout the Southeast the opportunity to discover green infrastructure solutions to mitigate the effects of this flooding on coastal communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience<\/a> (IWER) at Stetson University is collaborating with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s Office of Coastal Management and Sea Grant College Programs<\/a> in Florida<\/a>, Georgia<\/a>, and North<\/a> and South Carolina<\/a> to evaluate green infrastructure interventions for reducing flood risks. The research opportunity is made possible by funding from a $404,000, two-year Karl Havens Memorial South Atlantic Regional Research on Coastal Community Resilience Grant<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jason Evans, PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe goal of the project is to assess how green infrastructure interventions \u2014 like natural land conservation and restoration of coastal wetlands, oyster reefs and beach dunes \u2014 may provide cost-effective flood mitigation within essential transportation networks,\u201d said Jason Evans, PhD<\/a>, interim executive director of IWER and the grant project\u2019s team leader. \u201cEach state team is working closely with its partner communities to develop project recommendations. The team works very well together because of its overall spirit of collegiality, collaboration and commitment to furthering long-term resilience of coastal communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stetson\u2019s environmental science and studies students will have an opportunity to intern with the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, assist with implementing key project objectives and work directly with the country\u2019s leading resilience experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IWER has conducted sea-level rise vulnerability assessments and developed adaptation planning strategies for numerous local governments in the past, and often in collaboration with research and outreach partners from Florida Sea Grant, the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council and other universities throughout the southeast region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Georgetown County Fire\/EMS provides swift-water assistance by using inflatable boats to evacuate residents from flooded homes in South Carolina during the October 2015 flood. Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intiriago\/South Carolina Army National Guard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIWER\u2019s mission includes conducting advanced research methods and outreach that promotes creative solutions to complex environmental challenges,\u201d said Evans. \u201cBeing selected to lead this grant-funded project in partnership with university collaborators, a diverse set of coastal communities and planning professionals, and the Sea Grant College Program\u2019s network of outreach specialists, is a clear indication that IWER\u2019s high-impact experiences and capabilities have been well-recognized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, Evans, et al, presented recently published research findings at the Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review (ELPAR)<\/a> symposium at Vanderbilt University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRoads to Nowhere in Four States: State and Local Governments in the Atlantic Southeast Facing Sea-Level Rise<\/a>,\u201d published in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law<\/em>, discusses how local and state governments in Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina are handling sea-level rise issues and road infrastructure. The research paper was selected by a review committee as one of the top four journal articles in 2019 to be published in ELPAR\u2019s special issue of the Environmental Law Reporter<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Roebling House at the University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography\u2019s parking lot was flooded after Hurricane Irma in September 2017. Photo by the Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Evans, project researchers include Chris de Bodisco, PhD<\/a>, assistant professor of economics at Stetson; Shana Jones, JD, planning and environmental services unit program manager, J. Scott Pippin, JD, public service associate and Jon Calabria, PhD, associate professor of environment and design at the University of Georgia; Daniel Hitchcock, PhD, associate professor of agricultural sciences at Clemson University Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology and Forest Science; Narcisa Pricope, PhD, associate professor of geography at the University of North Carolina Wilmington; and Tara McCue, AICP, director of planning and community development and Luis Nieves-Ruiz, AICP, economic development program manager at the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partner communities include Cape Canaveral, Florida; Garden City, Georgia; New Bern, North Carolina; New Hanover County in North Carolina; and Georgetown County in South Carolina. The cities and counties will be working with the lead researcher in its state to identify specific project sites for possible green infrastructure interventions as well as develop cost-benefit analysis models for providing a range of estimates for long-term values, including flood protection, habitat creation and preservation, contaminant mitigation and the integration of green spaces within a built environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Sandra Carr<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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