The Role of Grassroots Movements in Urban Sustainability

草根运动在城市可持续发展中的作用

• 批准号: 1808869
• 负责人: Erin Goodling
• 金额: $ 13.8万
• 依托单位: Goodling Erin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-06-01 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1808869&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Role; Grassroots; Movements; Urban; Sustainability

This award was provided as part of NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) program. The goal of the SPRF program is to prepare promising, early career doctoral-level scientists for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government. SPRF awards involve two years of training under the sponsorship of established scientists and encourage Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research. NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from underrepresented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal. Each Postdoctoral Fellow must address important scientific questions that advance their respective disciplinary fields. Under the sponsorship of Dr. Laura Pulido at the University of Oregon, this postdoctoral fellowship award supports an early career scientist investigating the role of grassroots movements in urban sustainability transitions. Over the last two decades, the United State's homeless population has grown substantially. At the same time, environmental concerns have become more mainstream. As a result, public agencies are increasingly tasked with managing conflicts that result in and from homeless people living in urban green spaces. In response, grassroots groups are establishing homeless rest areas. Also called tent cities or encampments (and distinct from publicly funded highway rest areas), rest areas now exist in over 100 US cities. Rest areas typically involve a collection of tents and temporary shelters on public and private land. They are usually managed by and for homeless people, providing a safe place for daily life off the streets. Yet, little research has focused on these spaces and communities in the context of the green urbanism movement. This project addresses three questions: 1) What is the current geography of rest areas in US cities?, 2) What is the relationship between rest area communities and conservation organizations and public agencies?, and 3) What role do rest area communities play in grassroots movements for urban sustainability? This research contributes insights for policymakers and community organizations seeking to manage urban green spaces and address the needs of a growing homeless population. This study examines urban socio-ecological change in an era defined by growing mainstream environmental consciousness, green urban development, and housing precariousness. Integrating relational/comparative urbanism theory into an extended case method framework, this project entails an in-depth investigation of one particular grassroots organization based in Portland, Oregon that is known for its role in promulgating the homeless rest area model throughout the US. The project then extends from this central case to involve a broad survey of US rest areas (n~140) and a deeper investigation of rest areas in four municipalities selected for their status as green cities and their relationships to the central case, as well as for their variations in region, broader social/EJ movement foci, and rest area developmental stages. A national phone survey, in-person interviews, observation, and content analysis of municipal documents and media coverage will result in a new mapping of the role of rest area communities in urban sustainability transitions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该奖项是作为NSF的社会，行为和经济科学博士后研究奖学金（SPRF）计划的一部分提供的。SPRF计划的目标是为学术界，工业或私营部门和政府的科学事业准备有前途的早期职业博士级科学家。SPRF的奖励包括在知名科学家的赞助下进行两年的培训，并鼓励博士后研究员进行独立研究。NSF致力于促进来自科学界各部门的科学家，包括来自代表性不足的群体的科学家参与其研究计划和活动;博士后期间被认为是实现这一目标的专业发展的重要水平。每个博士后研究员必须解决推进各自学科领域的重要科学问题。在俄勒冈州大学的Laura Pulido博士的赞助下，该博士后奖学金支持一位早期职业科学家调查基层运动在城市可持续发展转型中的作用。在过去的二十年里，美国无家可归的人口大幅增长。与此同时，环境问题已成为主流。因此，公共机构越来越多地承担起管理冲突的任务，这些冲突是生活在城市绿色空间的无家可归者造成的。作为回应，基层团体正在建立无家可归者休息区。也被称为帐篷城市或营地（与公共资助的高速公路休息区不同），休息区现在存在于100多个美国城市。休息区通常包括公共和私人土地上的帐篷和临时住所。它们通常由无家可归的人管理，为他们提供一个安全的地方，让他们在街上过日常生活。然而，在绿色城市主义运动的背景下，很少有研究关注这些空间和社区。这个项目解决了三个问题：1）美国城市目前的休息区地理状况如何？2)休息区社区与保护组织和公共机构之间的关系是什么？以及3）休息区社区在城市可持续性的基层运动中发挥什么作用？这项研究有助于决策者和社区组织寻求管理城市绿色空间和解决不断增长的无家可归人口的需求的见解。 本研究探讨了在一个由日益增长的主流环境意识、绿色城市发展和住房不稳定所定义的时代，城市社会生态的变化。整合关系/比较城市主义理论到一个扩展的案例方法框架，这个项目需要一个特定的基层组织在波特兰，俄勒冈州，这是众所周知的，在美国各地颁布无家可归者休息区模式的作用进行深入调查。然后，该项目从这个中心的情况下，涉及广泛的调查美国休息区（n~140）和更深入的调查休息区在四个城市选择他们的地位作为绿色城市和他们的关系，中央的情况下，以及他们的变化，在区域，更广泛的社会/EJ运动的焦点，和休息区的发展阶段。通过全国电话调查、面对面访谈、观察以及对市政文件和媒体报道的内容分析，将对休息区社区在城市可持续发展转型中的作用进行新的描绘。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。