CIVIC-PG Track A: Coastal smart network for implementing equitable adaptation in Santa Cruz, CA

CIVIC-PG Track A：在加利福尼亚州圣克鲁斯实施公平适应的沿海智能网络

• 批准号: 2228614
• 负责人: Anne Kapuscinski
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2228614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CIVIC; PG; Track; Coastal; smart

This research co-develops a smart coastal change monitoring plan for the city of Santa Cruz, California via affordable, equity-centered tools for collaborative adaptation that can be adopted and scaled to other coastal cities and communities. Adaptation of coastal cities to climate change is limited by their capacity to monitor key tipping points as well as insufficient public engagement and buy-in. To combat climate change and sea level rise, the city of Santa Cruz has developed a series of adaptation pathways that serve as iterative roadmaps providing a cascading sequence of actions that are triggered when a system gets close to its tipping point. At this stage, which is indicated by monitoring of the system, the next phase of adaptation is triggered. Such triggers have already been defined by the civic organizations for local beaches, cliffs, bluffs, and shore protecting riprap. The issue being faced, however, is having affordable technology for measuring these systems so approach to the trigger point can be quickly, unequivocally, and accurately identified and having community buy-in for the next stage of adaption. This research focused on creating a computer-based dashboard for to assist in interactive decision making as well as creating community awareness of the situation and impending changes and providing a vehicle for them to engage more effectively and in a timely manner with city and civic organizations on the adaptation and moving to the next stage. The community engagement plan examines the power dynamics that shape policy which is essential to inform integration of science within social learning by vulnerable communities. Third, innovative communication technologies, including virtual reality and gamification, can build equitable visions and consensus around adaptation to climate hazards. Broader impacts of the work include integration of city, coastal change, monitoring technologies with other data to extend geographic coverage, inform land use managers and decision makers, as well as improve coastal hazard prediction. It can also be used to develop new flood/erosion warning systems and advance adaptation local community understanding and buy-in. Second, the project advances understanding of how to monitor both social and geophysical triggers. This research addressed two prime questions: (1) What configuration of technologies and practices cost-effectively establishes a smart coastal change monitoring network for a heterogenous coastline, enhances data-driven hazard preparedness, and is replicable in other settings and (2) What integration of technology and communication tools are cost-effective, sustainable and foster community engagement, decision-making, and equity working with diverse groups on risk solutions? Financial factors for replicability will inform choices of technologies, software and network configuration, the deployment plan, civic engagement, and long-term maintenance of the program. Existing and new technology options will be explored based on available data, cost, and community involvement such as using smartphones and social media, video detection, remote sensing and other solutions. For the first question, this work co-develops, with frontline community groups, a communications and engagement plan that includes culturally sensitive community outreach. The groups participate in planning and scoping activities, building on prior collaboration in co-designing innovative interaction tools in the City (e.g., virtual reality, phone apps and games) designed to increase participation of vulnerable communities in coastal hazards planning. This work will be in preparation of a follow-on activity (CIVIC Stage 2 proposal) from which a pilot project will be implemented to test designs and tools that interact with the monitoring network to build resilience. If successful, this work would be scalable and translatable to other coastal cities and communities.This project is in response to the Civic Innovation Challenge program—Track A. Living in a changing climate: pre-disaster action around adaptation, resilience, and mitigation—and is a collaboration between NSF, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy.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.

这项研究共同开发了一个智能海岸变化监测计划的城市圣克鲁斯，加州通过负担得起的，以公平为中心的工具，协作适应，可以采用和扩展到其他沿海城市和社区。沿海城市对气候变化的适应受到其监测关键临界点的能力以及公众参与和支持不足的限制。为了应对气候变化和海平面上升，圣克鲁斯市制定了一系列适应途径，作为迭代路线图，提供了一系列级联行动，当系统接近其临界点时就会触发。在该阶段，其通过系统的监视来指示，触发下一阶段的自适应。这些触发器已经由当地海滩、悬崖、悬崖和海岸防护抛石的民间组织定义。然而，目前面临的问题是，要有负担得起的技术来衡量这些系统，以便能够迅速、明确和准确地确定接近触发点的程度，并使社区接受下一阶段的适应。这项研究的重点是创建一个基于计算机的仪表板，以协助互动决策，以及创造社区对形势和即将发生的变化的认识，并为他们提供一个工具，使他们能够更有效地和及时地与城市和民间组织进行适应和进入下一阶段。社区参与计划审查了影响政策的权力动态，这对于弱势社区将科学纳入社会学习至关重要。第三，创新的通信技术，包括虚拟现实和游戏化，可以围绕适应气候灾害建立公平的愿景和共识。这项工作的更广泛影响包括将城市、沿海变化、监测技术与其他数据相结合，以扩大地理覆盖范围，为土地使用管理者和决策者提供信息，以及改进沿海灾害预测。它还可用于开发新的洪水/侵蚀预警系统，并促进适应、地方社区的理解和接受。其次，该项目促进了对如何监测社会和地球物理触发因素的理解。 这项研究解决了两个主要问题：（1）何种技术和做法配置具有成本效益，可为异质海岸线建立智能海岸变化监测网络，加强数据驱动的灾害防备，并可在其他环境中复制;（2）何种技术和通信工具的整合具有成本效益，可持续，并可促进社区参与，决策，与不同群体就风险解决方案进行公平合作？可复制性的财务因素将为技术、软件和网络配置的选择、部署计划、公民参与和项目的长期维护提供信息。将根据现有数据、成本和社区参与，探索现有和新的技术选择，例如使用智能手机和社交媒体、视频检测、遥感和其他解决方案。对于第一个问题，这项工作与一线社区团体共同制定了一项沟通和参与计划，其中包括对文化敏感的社区外联。这些小组参与规划和范围界定活动，以先前在共同设计城市创新互动工具方面的合作为基础（例如，虚拟现实、手机应用程序和游戏），旨在增加脆弱社区对沿海灾害规划的参与。这项工作将用于筹备后续活动（CIVIC第二阶段提案），在此基础上将实施一个试点项目，测试与监测网络互动的设计和工具，以建立复原力。如果成功，这项工作将是可扩展的和可移植到其他沿海城市和社区。生活在不断变化的气候中：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。