Focused CoPe: Building Capacity for Adaptation in Rural Coastal Communities

重点应对：建设沿海农村社区的适应能力

• 批准号: 2053013
• 负责人: Karen McGlathery
• 金额: $ 487.92万
• 依托单位: University of Virginia Main Campus
• 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: 2021-08-15 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2053013&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Focused; CoPe; Building; Capacity; Adaptation

Saltwater intrusion from accelerated sea-level rise and increased coastal flooding caused by storms is threatening groundwater sustainability. Rural coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to these threats and face unique challenges that are exacerbated by lack of access to scientific information and expertise, by geographical and social isolation, and by lack of effective governmental structure and institutional capacity. This Hub will integrate environmental and socio-economic data with hydrological and coastal flooding models to quantify environmental risks related to coastal flooding and salt-water intrusion. The Hub broadens participation of traditionally underserved and vulnerable coastal communities by engaging local leaders and the broader community in workshops to co-produce knowledge about increasing coastal resilience and to train them in data literacy. These activities directly benefit rural coastal communities by reducing inequities of climate risk and promoting long-term climate adaption strategies.This Focus CoPe Hub will create an integrated network of researchers, policy makers, community stakeholders and educators to equip rural communities to respond to coastal climate impacts. It will develop an interactive, open-source platform called the Climate Equity Atlas that will provide data modeling and visualization tools to empower stakeholders to make effective, equitable climate adaptation decisions. The Atlas will enable stakeholders to understand how social and economic factors interact with environmental risks that influence decision-making and equity. The results of the research contribute knowledge that can be translated to solutions for groundwater security for rural communities in general.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.

海平面加速上升和风暴导致的沿海洪水增加造成的咸水入侵正在威胁地下水的可持续性。沿海农村社区特别容易受到这些威胁，并面临独特的挑战，这些挑战因缺乏获得科学信息和专门知识的机会、地理和社会孤立以及缺乏有效的政府结构和体制能力而加剧。该中心将把环境和社会经济数据与水文和沿海洪水模型结合起来，以量化与沿海洪水和咸水入侵有关的环境风险。该中心通过让当地领导人和更广泛的社区参加讲习班，共同产生关于提高沿海复原力的知识，并对他们进行数据素养培训，从而扩大了传统上服务不足和脆弱的沿海社区的参与。这些活动通过减少气候风险的不平等和促进长期气候适应战略而直接惠及农村沿海社区。这一重点应对中心将创建一个由研究人员、政策制定者、社区利益攸关方和教育工作者组成的综合网络，使农村社区能够应对沿海气候影响。它将开发一个名为气候公平地图集的交互式开源平台，提供数据建模和可视化工具，使利益攸关方能够做出有效、公平的气候适应决策。该地图集将使利益攸关方了解社会和经济因素如何与影响决策和公平的环境风险相互作用。研究结果提供了可转化为农村社区地下水安全解决方案的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。