SCC-CIVIC-PG Track B: Innovation for Economic Rejuvenation of Louisiana Coastal Communities

SCC-CIVIC-PG 轨道 B：路易斯安那州沿海社区经济复兴的创新

• 批准号: 2043455
• 负责人: Mira Olson
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-01-15 至 2021-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2043455&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SCC; CIVIC; PG; Track; Innovation

The long-term vision of this project is a sustainable, generative and adaptive regional economy for coastal Louisiana, a “working coast” that is both economically and environmentally susceptible to negative impacts from climate change and human-induced disasters. The focus is to develop economic activity that will support resiliency in areas experiencing disasters. Communities in coastal Louisiana have suffered crippling and repeated damage from hurricanes, coastal sea-level rise, offshore oil spills, and channelization of marshes for oil and gas exploration, production and distribution, and are increasingly vulnerable to Atlantic hurricanes with Gulf water warming. Within this complex context of risks, COVID-19 has also threatened the health of coastal community residents and forced layoffs of hundreds of coastal and support industry workers employed by the offshore oil and gas industry. A key element in the transition to new, greener industries and occupations is building on and adapting existing skills and infrastructure, and transferring these skills to the next generation. This project engages twelve diverse communities along the Louisiana coast in a community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) process to generate and select ideas for economic activities, products and services that can be produced by the existing workforce while preserving the environmental integrity of the coast and its cultures. The proposed project advances fundamental understanding of how to align skills and knowledge development for personnel trained in the offshore oil and gas exploration/production industry using a partnered approach to generating and assimilating knowledge from diverse stakeholders to create sustainable economic choices and a diverse economic income structure for more resilient livelihoods, community stability and disaster resiliency. The primary objectives of this planning grant are: (1) to create two inventories, one of existing skills and interests of coastal personnel and one of available infrastructure and equipment that may have value in a green economy; (2) to perform a gap analysis of regional economic opportunities and green industries and their inland markets; (3) to innovate an economic rejuvenation plan for Louisiana coastal communities through a community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) workshop that applies data collected with the communities; (4) to establish federally-funded work study partnerships with coastal universities to include in the project the communities’ college-aged students who will be the future managers and employees of the economic innovations; and (5) to prepare for Stage 2 launch and implementation, with the goal of employing coastal residents in the design, planning and production of beneficial products and services.This project is in response to Track B - CIVIC Innovation Challenge - Resilience to Natural Disasters a collaboration with NSF and the Department of Homeland Security.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.

该项目的长期愿景是为路易斯安那州沿海地区建立一个可持续的、有生产力的和适应性的区域经济，这是一个“工作海岸”，在经济和环境上都容易受到气候变化和人为灾害的负面影响。重点是发展经济活动，以支持经历灾害的地区的复原力。路易斯安那州沿海社区遭受飓风、沿海海平面上升、近海石油泄漏以及用于石油和天然气勘探、生产和分配的沼泽渠道化的严重和反复破坏，并且越来越容易受到大西洋飓风和海湾海水变暖的影响。在这种复杂的风险背景下，COVID-19还威胁到沿海社区居民的健康，并迫使数百名受雇于海上石油和天然气行业的沿海和支持行业工人裁员。向新的、更绿色的产业和职业过渡的一个关键因素是利用和调整现有的技能和基础设施，并将这些技能传授给下一代。该项目涉及沿着路易斯安那州海岸的12个不同的社区，以社区为基础的参与性行动研究（CBPAR）过程中，产生和选择的经济活动，产品和服务，可以由现有的劳动力生产，同时保持海岸及其文化的环境完整性的想法。拟议的项目推进了对如何调整海上石油和天然气勘探/生产行业培训人员的技能和知识发展的基本理解，使用合作伙伴的方法来生成和吸收来自不同利益相关者的知识，以创造可持续的经济选择和多样化的经济收入结构，以实现更有弹性的生计，社区稳定和抗灾能力。这项规划赠款的主要目标是：（1）建立两个清单，一个是沿海人员的现有技能和兴趣，另一个是可能对绿色经济有价值的现有基础设施和设备;（2）对区域经济机会和绿色产业及其内陆市场进行差距分析;（3）通过基于社区的参与性行动研究（CBPAR）研讨会，应用与社区收集的数据，为路易斯安那州沿海社区创新经济复兴计划;（4）与沿海大学建立联邦资助的半工半读伙伴关系，将社区的大学适龄学生纳入项目，他们将成为经济创新的未来管理者和雇员;以及（5）为第二阶段的启动和实施做准备，目标是在设计中雇用沿海居民，规划和生产有益的产品和服务。该项目是为了响应轨道B -公民创新挑战-与NSF和国土安全部合作的自然灾害恢复能力。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。