CAREER: Enhancing urban sustainability: an integrative approach toward synergistic solutions to reduce urban temperatures, air pollution, and water use in a changing climate

这个职业生涯项目解决了三个关键的城市可持续性挑战：城市变暖和极端高温，空气污染和水资源保护。中心主题是（1）调查空气污染动态如何受到城市热岛效应和全球气候变化的影响，（2）量化城市热岛效应和空气污染动态如何受到干旱条件的调节，（3）探索协同减少城市变暖，空气污染和水资源使用的解决方案，以及（4）使用综合教育和推广传播研究成果。该研究旨在促进基础工程和科学知识之间取得平衡，并取得可用于解决环境问题的实用研究结论，使结论为公共政策和教育提供信息。这些知识对于为城市制定协同缓解极端高温、改善空气质量和减少用水的政策提供良好的工程和科学基础至关重要。主题（1）和（2）将使用先进的物理化学建模、测量数据驱动方法和新提出的技术进行研究，以量化气候变化不确定性下的城市空气污染未来。专题（3）将利用专题（1）和（2）下的科学进展，对若干与政策有关的研究问题进行定量调查。这些问题的重点是旨在降低城市温度和/或城市用水的解决方案对空气污染的潜在好处和意外后果。（a）将研究成果传达给项目咨询委员会的决策者、公用事业公司和其他利益攸关方，为制定环境政策提供途径，并接收关于研究的反馈意见，以确保研究成果能够转化为真实的世界;（B）通过为贫困中学生创建一个基于研究的科学模块，开展K-12外联活动;（c）第（1）款继续追求沉浸式和发自内心的方法，通过创作和表演音乐，激励学生和公民过上可持续的生活，使他们与他们的生活有更大的联系。（d）培训研究生，并将研究成果纳入南加州大学的研究生课程。

This CAREER project tackles three critical urban sustainability challenges: urban warming and extreme heat, air pollution, and water conservation. The central themes are to (1) investigate how air pollution dynamics are impacted by both the urban heat island effect and global climate change, (2) quantify how the urban heat island effect and air pollution dynamics are modulated by drought conditions, (3) explore solutions to synergistically reduce urban warming, air pollution, and water use, and (4) disseminate research results using integrated education and outreach. The research aims to strike a balance between advancing fundamental engineering and science knowledge, and achieving practical research conclusions that can be used to solve environmental problems, allowing the conclusions to inform public policy and education. Such knowledge is critical to give cities a sound engineering and science basis for developing policies to synergistically mitigate extreme heat, improve air quality, and reduce water use.Themes (1) and (2) will be investigated using advanced physicochemical modeling, measurement data-driven approaches, and a newly proposed technique to quantify urban air pollution futures under uncertainty in climate change. Theme (3) will make use of scientific advances under themes (1) and (2) to enable the quantitative investigation of several policy-relevant research questions. These questions focus on the potential benefits and unintended consequences on air pollution of solutions intended to reduce urban temperatures and/or urban water use. Research, education, and outreach will be integrated and assessed by: (a) communicating research results to policy makers, utilities, and other stakeholders on a project advisory board, providing pathways for developing environmental policies, and receiving feedback on the research to ensure that it can translate to the real world; (b) carrying out K-12 outreach by creating a research-based science module for underprivileged middle school students; (c) continuing pursuit of an immersive and visceral approach for inspiring students and citizens to live sustainable lives by creating and performing music that gives them a greater connection with their environment; and (d) training graduate students and incorporating research results into the PI's graduate course at USC.