Chris Hauser, Associate Director of the Delaware Sea Grant, speaks with Abigail Armstrong, Public Administration Fellow at the University of Delaware’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about green infrastructure. 

Topics covered in this February 25, 2021 interview include the benefits and challenges of green infrastructure, and Delaware Sea Grant’s efforts and partnerships towards furthering green infrastructure in Delaware. 

Delaware Sea Grant helps Delaware communities wisely use, manage, and conserve the state’s valuable coastal resources by fostering sustainable coastal economies, developing resilience to coastal hazards, and preparing the next generation of coastal leaders. 

This episode is presented as part of the "Delaware's Green Infrastructure Landscape" series developed by IPA Public Administration Fellows and members of the University of Delaware's International City/County Management Associations (ICMA) Student Chapter. This series of interviews seeks to shed light on the innovative ways green infrastructure is and could be implemented in Delaware. 

Visit deseagrant.org for more information on Chris Hauser and the Delaware Sea Grant’s work. The Green Infrastructure Primer created by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is a helpful guide for Delaware’s use of natural systems: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/GI/Documents/Green%20Infrastructure/Green_Infra_Primer2016_FINAL%20web%20version.pdf.

Opening and closing music: “I Dunno” by Grapes, used under Creative Commons 3.0 License.

Understanding Green Infrastructure Workforce Needs

Joseph Kane,  Senior Research Associate and Associate Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program, speaks with  Troy Mix, Associate Director at the University of Delaware's Institute for Public Administration (IPA), about his research on the nation's infrastructure workforce and IPA's ongoing study of workforce development needs and opportunities associated with infrastructure in Delaware. 

For more information on the Brookings Institution, visit brookings.edu. Mr. Kane's research related to infrastructure and workforce development needs can be reviewed here: https://www.brookings.edu/author/joseph-kane/?type=research.

This episode was recorded on June  4, 2020. For more information about the Institute for Public administration visit www.bidenschool.udel.edu/ipa.

Workforce Development for Infrastructure

Information, perspectives, and analysis for public policy, management, and community and economic development in Delaware.

Presented by the Institute for Public Administration (IPA), a research and public service center in the University of Delaware's Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy & Administration.

Understanding Green Infrastructure Workforce Needs

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