Conference: Southeast Urban Systems Summit (SEUSS); Greensboro, North Carolina; August 7-8, 2019

这笔赠款资助将于2019年8月7日至8日在北卡罗来纳州的格林斯伯勒举行的会议，名为东南城市可持续发展峰会（SEUSS）。会议的目标是建立一个由学者，市政当局，行业和倡导团体组成的合作小组，他们分享了推进北卡罗来纳州城市可持续发展研究的愿景。 由于北卡罗来纳州的城镇与整个大地区的城镇相似，会议上制定的小组研究议程将对整个东南地区产生影响。这一科学研究的贡献，从而支持NSF的使命，以促进科学的进步和提高我们的国家福利。SEUSS将在全州范围内形成一个多元化的利益相关者网络，致力于识别和解决该州最紧迫的可持续性和弹性问题，这些问题与能源、水、废物、交通、住房、健康/安全和食品/农业有关。SEUSS将由北卡罗来纳州农业技术州立大学领导，并与北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒大学、阿巴拉契亚州立大学和北卡罗来纳州州立大学的领导层合作。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。

This grant funds a conference to be held August 7-8, 2019 in Greensboro, North Carolina, titled the Southeast Urban Sustainability Summit (SEUSS). The objective of the conference is to develop a collaborative group comprised of academics, municipalities, industries, and advocacy groups who share the vision of advancing research in urban sustainability specific to the state of North Carolina. The resulting research agenda for the group developed at the conference will have implications for the entire southeast region due to similarities of cities and towns in North Carolina to those across the greater region. This scientific research contribution thus supports NSF's mission to promote the progress of science and to advance our national welfare. In this case, the benefits will be insights to improve urban sustainability which will save lives and economic losses.SEUSS will form a diverse network of stakeholders across the state committed to identifying and addressing the state's most pressing sustainability and resilience issues associated with: energy, water, waste, transportation, housing, health/safety, and food/agriculture. SEUSS will be led by North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, in collaboration with leadership from University of North Carolina Greensboro, Appalachian State University, and North Carolina State University.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.