SRS-RN: The Continuum of Urbanity as an Organizing Concept to Promote Sustainability in the Mid-Hudson Region

SRS-RN：城市连续体作为促进哈德逊中部地区可持续发展的组织概念

• 批准号: 2115414
• 负责人: Steward Pickett
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc.
• 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: 2021-11-01 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2115414&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SRS; RN; Continuum; Urbanity; Organizing

Learning how people can sustainably live in a world where urban areas are increasing is critical to support happy and healthy communities. However, it is poorly understood how connections between urban and rural areas, past human actions, new pressures like COVID-19, and climate change will affect the sustainability of these regions. The Hudson Valley presents a unique opportunity to understand how to improve sustainability. The valley is close to a large urban center where people are moving to rural areas from urban centers. Many of the valley’s rural and wild ecosystems are still intact, making it possible to understand how the migration of people from the urban centers will affect these systems. The project will bring together diverse stakeholders to plan a large-scale research, education, and community engagement program on the sustainability of the Hudson Valley, with results that could also help improve sustainability in other regions of the nation.This project is guided by an overarching question: “How do changes in connectivity interact with past human actions to create barriers and opportunities for sustainable development, adaptation, and transformation across a continuum of urbanity?” Continuum theory suggests that measurable conditions of livelihood, lifestyle, and regional landscape structure and function interact with the drivers of changing connectivity. The Hudson Valley Region (HVR) includes urban and rural areas from north of New York City to Albany, NY. The HVR is an ideal test case because it is geographically and historically understandable as a system with a long history of urban-rural interactions and increasing connectivity. A future research and stakeholder engagement program that answers the overarching question while helping guide the HVR towards a more sustainable future, will meet four goals: 1) Work outward from the core research team to build an inclusive network of social and economic scientists, ecologists, land change researchers, humanists, and stakeholders representing community groups, environmental and planning non-profits, urban design firms, and government agencies; 2) Collect and analyze existing regional and local sustainability plans to understand current goals at multiple scales across HVR; 3) Facilitate stakeholder interaction and inform joint work with these stakeholders; and 4) Identify the scope of research with stakeholders. The scope of research will be based on (a) co-produced research questions of mutual interest to practitioners, policy makers, communities, and academics; (b) identified focal ecosystems or social-ecological places; (c) appropriately set spatial and temporal scales for each focus; (d) key measurements of regional change and connectivity; and (e) strategies to promote equitable and just engagement with 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.

学习人们如何在城市地区增加的世界中可持续生活对于支持幸福健康的社区至关重要。但是，众所周知，城市和农村地区之间的联系如何，过去的人类行动，诸如COVID-19的新压力以及气候变化将影响这些地区的可持续性。哈德逊山谷为了解如何提高可持续性提供了一个独特的机会。山谷靠近一个大型城市中心，人们正从城市中心搬到崎rough的地区。山谷的许多农村和野生生态系统仍然完好无损，这使得了解人们从城市中心的迁移将如何影响这些系统。该项目将汇集潜水员利益相关者，计划有关哈德森河谷可持续性的大规模研究，教育和社区参与计划，结果还可以帮助改善国家其他地区的可持续性。该项目以一个总体问题为指导。连续理论表明，可衡量的生计，生活方式和区域景观结构和功能的可衡量条件与不断变化的连通性的驱动因素相互作用。哈德逊山谷地区（HVR）包括从纽约市北部到纽约州奥尔巴尼的城市和农村地区。 HVR是理想的测试案例，因为它在地理和历史上是可以理解的，因为该系统具有悠久的城乡互动史和不断提高的连通性。未来的研究和利益相关者参与计划回答了总体问题，同时帮助指导HVR实现了更可持续的未来，将满足四个目标：1）从核心研究团队向外工作以建立A A A A A 2）收集和分析现有的区域和地方可持续性计划，以了解HVR的多个规模的当前目标； 3）促进利益相关者的互动并为这些利益相关者提供联合工作； 4）确定与利益相关者的研究范围。研究范围将基于（a）共同制作的研究问题，涉及实践者，政策制定者，社区和学者的共同利益； （b）确定的焦点生态系统或社会生态场所； （c）适当设置每个焦点的空间和临时尺度； （d）区域变化和连通性的关键测量； （e）促进公平和公正与社区的策略。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来诚实地通过评估来诚实地支持。