SCC-PG: Sustainable Food Access through Sensing, Data Analytics, and Community Engagement

SCC-PG：通过传感、数据分析和社区参与实现可持续食品获取

• 批准号: 1952169
• 负责人: Sherif Abdelwahed
• 金额: $ 14.43万
• 依托单位: Virginia Commonwealth University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1952169&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SCC; PG; Sustainable; Food; Access

Food deserts, generally defined as areas in which it is difficult to buy an affordable, high-quality fresh food, are not exclusive to urban or rural areas, but more indicative of under-served communities, low-income households, and minority neighborhoods. Food deserts are not only a health issue but also a community development and equity issue. Access to safe and nutritious food is a fundamental individual right. This project aims to address the food desert problem in Greater Richmond area, by engaging a wide range of food access-related stakeholders and utilizing the power of data analytics and advanced smart technologies to achieve sustainable food access program, leading to higher levels of quality of life and health for the city citizens.Utilizing smart technologies to improve food access for a large segment of the community is not a straightforward task. There are many questions to be answered in order to realize the potential of these technologies, including: (1) what are the data needed to better understand and help address the food desert problem. (2) What are the social and economic impacts of food deserts? (3) What are the main factors contributing to limited food access in certain geographical areas? (4) What are the technologies and cyber-infrastructure that can help address the food access problem? (5) How to encourage micro-businesses to help tackle limited food accessibility? (6) How to present food desert data efficiently to help in decision-making? This planning project will assemble a core group of scientists in engineering, life sciences, social work and government policy colleges to engage with community leaders and stakeholders, to identify through both quantitative and qualitative assessment the key challenges to sustainable food access in Richmond and its adjoining communities, and create the knowledge and tools for community-based sustainable food access program. This will be achieved by (1) developing a fundamental understanding of challenges facing communities due to food desert problem, (2) developing a better understanding of the factors contributing to food access problem, (3) recognizing various types of data collection in communities for addressing food access challenge, (4) deriving data-analytics techniques that can help identify effective solutions and evaluate their impacts, and (5) facilitate customized sensing, data-management, cyber-infrastructure and smart technologies solutions to develop a robust program for sustainable food access. The proposed plan will offer a research and development model that can be extended to other cities and communities.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.

食品沙漠通常被定义为很难购买负担得起的高质量新鲜食品的地区，并不是城市或农村地区的独有，而是更明显服务不足的社区，低收入家庭和少数民族社区。食品沙漠不仅是一个健康问题，而且是社区发展和股权问题。获得安全和营养的食物是一项基本个人权利。该项目旨在通过吸引各种与食品获取相关的利益相关者并利用数据分析和先进的智能技术来实现可持续食品访问计划，从而使城市公民的生活质量和健康水平更高，以提高社区的大量食品访问不是直接的任务。为了实现这些技术的潜力，有很多问题需要回答，包括：（1）更好地理解和帮助解决食物沙漠问题所需的数据。 （2）食品沙漠的社会和经济影响是什么？ （3）导致某些地理区域有限的食物获取的主要因素是什么？ （4）哪些技术和网络基础设施可以帮助解决食品访问问题？ （5）如何鼓励微型企业帮助解决有限的食品可及性？ （6）如何有效地展示食品沙漠数据以帮助决策？该计划项目将汇集一组工程，生命科学，社会工作和政府政策学院，以与社区领导者和利益相关者互动，通过定量和定性评估来识别里士满及其毗邻社区的可持续食品访问的关键挑战，并为社区可持续食品访问提供知识和工具。这将通过（1）（1）建立对由于食品沙漠问题引起的社区面临的挑战的基本理解，（2）对有助于食品获取问题的因素进行更好的了解，（3）认识到社区中各种类型的数据收集以应对食品获取挑战，（4）能够导致数据 - 分析的技术，以帮助确定有效的解决方案，并评估有效的范围，并评估有效的范围 - 定制的范围（5）（5）（5）（5）的（5），（5）（5）的（5）构造（5）的（5）构造（5））（5）。以及智能技术解决方案，以制定可持续食品获取的强大计划。拟议的计划将提供一个可以扩展到其他城市和社区的研发模型。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准的评估值得支持的。