Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Environmental Health and Water Quality

Moderator(s)

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  Tara Kulkarni, PHD, PE, MASCE

  Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director CGRS
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Norwich University, Vermont, United States

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Monitoring Influential Variables to the Cooling Capacity of Green Infrastructure to Mitigate Diurnal Urban Heat Island Effect with Landsat Imagery
  

  Author: Min-cheng Tu – College of Coastal Georgia, Georgia, United States

  Co-Author (not attending): Zhi-chen Liu – National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan

  Co-Author (not attending): Jen-yang Lin – National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Data-Driven Selection of Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience in Cities
  

  Author: Nur H. Orak, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – Marmara University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Integrating Green Stormwater Infrastructure to Improve Water Quality in the Socially Vulnerable Communities of Houston, Texas
  

  Author: Afiya Narzis (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Anh Khoa Truong – University of Texas at Arlington

  Co-Author: Siddarth Saksena – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Jessica Eisma – University of Texas at Arlington
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Nature Based Alternatives to Hard Armoring in Wetlands
  

  Author: Mark Cadotte – Solmax
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)

  Where and How to Implement Nature-based Solutions: A Tale of Two Cities from the US East Coast
  

  Author: Vamsi Krishna Sridharan, M.ASCE – Tetra Tech