Exploring the connection between transdisciplinary co-production and urban sustainability solutions: a case study at an urban stream management symposium
Exploring the connection between transdisciplinary co-production and urban sustainability solutions: a case study at an urban stream management symposium
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探索跨学科合作生产与城市可持续发展解决方案之间的联系：城市河流管理研讨会的案例研究
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Ana M González
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作者：
R. P. Bixler;J. A. Belaire;K. Faust;M. Scoggins;Ana M González
城市可持续发展的挑战很复杂，影响着广泛的利益相关者。人们普遍认为，可持续解决方案必须整合不同学科的科学知识，并结合社区利益相关者的想法、规范和实践，将知识与决策和行动联系起来。共同研究问题和共同设计解决方案（称为联合生产）需要团队合作。有趣的是，联合制作和团队科学的交叉点尚未得到充分研究。我们通过询问以下问题来解决这一差距：团队的组建（特别是单一、多学科或跨学科团队）是否会影响可持续发展解决方案的流程和感知功效？利用 2020 年 2 月举行的第五届城市化与河流生态学研讨会 (SUSE5) 上收集的案例研究数据，我们探讨了将不同类型的团队聚集在一起为德克萨斯州奥斯汀城市河流周围的现实“棘手问题”提供解决方案的影响。我们发现，跨学科团队（即包含多个学科和社区成员的团队）生成的解决方案平均得到同行的评价高于单学科或多学科团队的解决方案。然而，我们的研究结果表明，一些跨学科团队发现很难完成问题定义到解决方案设计的不同阶段。这个有限但新颖且独特的案例研究的结果对文献做出了两个重要贡献。首先，联合生产为城市可持续发展挑战提供了更令人满意的解决方案。其次，联合制作团队的动态可能比学科或多学科团队更加复杂和多变。更好地了解这些机遇和挑战可以为采用社区参与流程来解决城市可持续发展挑战的机构和部门提供信息。
Urban sustainability challenges are complex, impacting a wide range of stakeholders. It is commonly accepted that sustainable solutions must integrate scientific knowledge from a variety of disciplines, coupled with community stakeholder ideas, norms, and practices in ways that link knowledge to decision-making and action. Jointly researching problems and co-designing solutions, known as co-production, requires working together in teams. Interestingly, the intersection of co-production and team science has been understudied. We address this gap by asking: Does team formation – specifically, single-, multi- or trans-disciplinary teams – impact the process and perceived efficacy of sustainability solutions? Using case study data collected at the 5th Symposium for Urbanization and Stream Ecology (SUSE5), held in February 2020, we explore the impact of bringing different types of teams together to generate solutions to real-world “wicked problems” surrounding urban streams in Austin, Texas. We found that the solutions generated by trans-disciplinary teams – i.e., teams that include multiple disciplines and community members – were on average rated higher by their peers than solutions from single- or multi-disciplinary teams. However, our findings suggest that some transdisciplinary teams found it difficult to get through the different stages of problem definition to solution design. The findings from this limited but novel and unique case study make two important contributions to the literature. First, co-production leads to more agreeable solutions to urban sustainability challenges. Second, co-production team dynamics are likely to be more complicated and variable than disciplinary or multidisciplinary teams. A better understanding of these opportunities and challenges can inform institutions and agencies employing a community-engaged process to solve urban sustainability challenges.
影响因子：
6
作者：
Lang, Daniel J.;Wiek, Arnim;Thomas, Christopher J.
通讯作者：
Thomas, Christopher J.