Twin Cities Urban Sustainability Forum

双城城市可持续发展论坛（TCUS 论坛）将包括一个为期两天的主要研讨会，随后将在一年内举办一系列后续研讨会。主要研讨会将包括本地、国家和国际演讲者，重点围绕五个交叉主题：（1）组织城市可持续发展的转化研究框架； (2) 调整治理以实现长期可持续性的跨学科方法； (3)技术的使用； (4) 多领域学术界和从业者之间的合作形式； (5) 将城市生态系统研究和城市可持续发展实践纳入转化研究框架。演讲者和参与者（总共 120-160 人）将由来自不同领域的学者和实践者组成，包括但不限于城市规划、景观设计、生态、工程和水资源。 后续研讨会将探讨这些主题，以进一步阐明转化研究的框架，同时将框架付诸实践。研讨会过程本身也将被研究，以获得开发转化研究框架的见解。评估将包括对研讨会参与者的事前和事后调查、关键访谈、研讨会笔记的内容分析以及参与者观察，以对研讨会结果进行严格分析以供出版。 拟议的 TCUS 论坛和开发转化研究流程的后续活动对于促进实现可持续城市的目标具有重大的实际意义。除了开发用于出版的转化研究框架的智力价值外，TCUS 论坛（包括后续研讨会）本身将是一项重要的外展活动，对双城地区和其他城市地区的可持续发展工作具有巨大的潜在好处。 TCUS 论坛的研究结果将与美国国家科学院区域城市可持续发展系列相结合。研究结果将在一次或多次全国会议上公布，并将纳入城市生态系统棕袋研讨会和可持续城市生活新生研讨会。Bruce Hamilton10/16/10

The Twin Cities Urban Sustainability Forum (TCUS Forum) will include a main two-day symposium to be followed by a series of follow-on workshops that would occur over one year. The main symposium would include a mix of local, national, and international speakers, focused around five cross-cutting themes: (1) organization of a translational research framework for urban sustainability; (2) adaptation of governance for cross-disciplinary approaches to long-term sustainability; (3) use of technology; (4) forms of collaboration among academics and practitioners from multiple sectors; and (5) integration of urban ecosystems research and urban sustainability practice into a translational research framework. Both speakers and participants (120-160 total) will be a mix of academics and practitioners from diverse fields, including but not limited to urban planning, landscape architecture, ecology, engineering, and water resources. The follow-on workshops will explore these themes to further articulate a framework for translational research, while at the same time turning the framework into practice. The workshop process itself will also be studied to gain insights to develop the translational research framework. Evaluation will include pre- and post-surveys of workshop participants, key interviews, content analysis of workshop notes, and participant observation to conduct a rigorous analysis of the workshop outcomes for publication. The proposed TCUS Forum and follow-on activities to develop a translational research process would have major practical significance in facilitating the goal of attaining sustainable cities. In addition to the intellectual merit of developing a translational research framework for publication, the TCUS Forum, including follow-on workshops, would be would itself be a major outreach activity, with considerable potential benefit to sustainability efforts in the Twin Cities region and potentially other urban regions as well. Findings from the TCUS Forum will be integrated with the National Academy of Sciences regional urban sustainability series. Findings will be presented at one or more national conferences and will be incorporated into an Urban Ecosystems Brown Bag Seminar and a Freshman Seminar on sustainable urban living.Bruce Hamilton10/16/10