GOALI: Workshop on Sustainable Infrastructure in Developing Countries; Washington, DC; Fall 2007

GOALI：发展中国家可持续基础设施研讨会；

• 批准号: 0737932
• 负责人: Anil Sawhney
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737932&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GOALI; Workshop; Sustainable; Infrastructure; Developing

Infrastructure construction globally over the next several decades will occur primarily in the developing world. The resulting demand for construction materials, energy, and water, and the resulting global pollution load, must be addressed on the front end to seek sustainable approaches. We must come to understand how to design and build infrastructure so as to accomplish the lofty objectives of the infrastructure itself, while at the same time finding approaches that maximize the investment impact while preserving social and political acceptance and the needs of the environment. Developing countries present unique development challenges in the efficient, affordable, and sustainable delivery of infrastructure especially due to weak government institutions, low-income economies, lower productivity, negligible private sector participation, and higher unemployment. And, while it is true that the infrastructure itself, upon completion, fuels economic growth, the process of constructing that infrastructure can have powerful impacts on national capacity of the construction industry. In addition to the direct gains which can be obtained by solving these riddles, it is also true that US infrastructure construction will be a continuing significant national expense into the foreseeable future, so the lessons learned from US technological leadership in developing country settings can also be transferred to US infrastructure projects. The challenges created by these critical problems must be addressed in a systematic way, but at present there is no broadly understood research agenda.A workshop will be conducted to provide this agenda. A Workshop Advisory Panel (WAP) has already been established for this purpose. The workshop will focus on two broad themes of research. The first research theme is focused upon broadening the global capacity for engineering design and construction to accelerate the pace of knowledge creation. The second research theme is focused upon redefining the role of the civil and construction engineering community in an interdisciplinary setting consisting of economists, public policy experts, social scientists, and financial experts. In general, educational systems in the United States have an excellent record of preparing engineers for the technical challenges they will face. The workshop is planned to take place in Washington DC in fall 2007. The participants will include industry professionals, university researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, lead experts from sponsoring agencies, international development agencies, and members from research organizations. Students will be engaged in the process as participants and assistants.Intellectual Merit: Developing countries represent a significant opportunity for growth in the future and it is important to consider strategies both for building sustainable infrastructures and for broadening participation in the solutions identified. How to explore and establish the appropriate technological and economic level of infrastructure capacity is a challenge that will be addressed by this workshop. This workshop will also create a new body of knowledge specifically related to infrastructure development issues in developing countries.Broader Impacts: This workshop is focused upon training and educating future scholars and leaders in successful infrastructure development and growth in developing countries. Because the problem itself is so critical, and because its solution utterly depends on expanding the diversity of participation in its solution, the impacts are inherently broader than the knowledge created itself. Practitioners, faculty, and students from different countries will participate to learn about this topic. Through the involvement of an industry expert as a Co-PI the workshop content will be further strengthened. A website will be developed for this workshop to include the specific details on the workshop activities. It will be used to act as a clearing house for all relevant research and literature related to building sustainable infrastructure in developing countries. Results will be published in appropriate journals, newsletters, and websites. The case study project data will be provided on the workshop website and participants will be encouraged to use it as a training and educational resource. This award was co-funded by the Office of International Science and Engineering.

未来几十年，全球基础设施建设将主要发生在发展中国家。由此产生的对建筑材料、能源和水的需求，以及由此产生的全球污染负荷，必须在前端加以解决，以寻求可持续的方法。我们必须了解如何设计和建造基础设施，以便实现基础设施本身的崇高目标，同时找到最大限度地扩大投资影响的办法，同时保持社会和政治接受度以及环境的需要。发展中国家在高效、负担得起和可持续地提供基础设施方面面临着独特的发展挑战，特别是由于政府机构薄弱、低收入经济体、生产力低下、私营部门参与微不足道以及失业率较高。而且，虽然基础设施本身在建成后确实会促进经济增长，但基础设施的建设过程会对建筑业的国家能力产生重大影响。除了解决这些难题可以获得的直接收益外，在可预见的未来，美国的基础设施建设将继续成为一项重大的国家支出，因此美国在发展中国家环境中的技术领导地位所吸取的教训也可以转移到美国的基础设施项目中。这些关键问题所带来的挑战必须以系统的方式加以解决，但目前还没有广泛理解的研究领域。已经为此目的设立了一个讲习班咨询小组。讲习班将侧重于两个广泛的研究主题。第一个研究主题的重点是扩大全球工程设计和建设的能力，以加快知识创造的步伐。第二个研究主题的重点是重新定义土木和建筑工程界在经济学家，公共政策专家，社会科学家和金融专家组成的跨学科环境中的作用。总的来说，美国的教育体系在培养工程师应对他们将面临的技术挑战方面有着出色的记录。讲习班计划于2007年秋季在华盛顿举行。与会者将包括行业专业人士、大学研究人员、研究生和本科生、赞助机构、国际发展机构的主要专家以及研究组织的成员。学生将作为参与者和助手参与这一进程。智力优势：发展中国家代表着未来增长的重要机会，重要的是要考虑建设可持续基础设施和扩大参与所确定的解决方案的战略。如何探索和建立适当的技术和经济水平的基础设施能力是本次研讨会将讨论的一个挑战。本次研讨会还将创造一个专门与发展中国家基础设施发展问题有关的新知识体系。更广泛的影响：本次研讨会的重点是培训和教育未来的学者和领导者，使他们能够在发展中国家成功地发展和增长基础设施。因为问题本身是如此关键，因为它的解决完全取决于扩大参与解决问题的多样性，其影响必然比知识本身创造的更广泛。来自不同国家的从业人员，教师和学生将参与学习这个主题。通过一名行业专家作为共同主要参与者的参与，将进一步加强讲习班的内容。将为这次研讨会开发一个网站，以介绍研讨会活动的具体细节。它将被用作与发展中国家建设可持续基础设施有关的所有相关研究和文献的信息交换所。研究结果将发表在适当的期刊、通讯和网站上。将在讲习班网站上提供案例研究项目数据，并鼓励与会者将其用作培训和教育资源。该奖项由国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。