CIVIC-PG Track A - Developing Community-Informed Strategies for Increased Longevity of Urban Trees to Mitigate Climate Change

CIVIC-PG 轨道 A - 制定社区知情策略以延长城市树木的寿命以缓解气候变化

• 批准号: 2228703
• 负责人: Heather Navarro
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 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 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2228703&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CIVIC; PG; Track; Developing; Community

This project aims to provide government, community, and financial support for long-term maintenance of a healthy tree canopy to mitigate air pollution and exacerbation of urban heat from climate change, especially in communities at greatest risk from increased heat as a result of disinvestment and racial discrimination. By developing tree maintenance plans that align with community values and sharing lessons learned across the Midwest region through a newly formed Midwest tree hub, this project will develop tools for tapping into non-traditional funds for tree maintenance that alleviate the effects of extreme heat while also improving air quality, reducing energy burdens, and addressing other community priorities. This project significantly adds to the work on expanding tree canopy to maximize benefits to human and environmental health. While many communities hold pieces of the puzzle, such as where trees should be planted and how to fund the planting of new trees, the ability to maintain a healthy tree canopy over time is often thwarted by a lack of resources, knowledge, and coordination. This project will focus on those barriers by leveraging support, sharing knowledge, and increasing coordination to equitably sustain healthy tree canopies to mitigate the effects of climate change.This planning effort brings together clusters of local government, NGOs, and academic institutions in four Midwestern communities to build climate resilience by developing long-term, community-based solutions to maintain and expand tree canopy, focusing on communities that have experienced the most disinvestment and suffered the greatest disparities in health, income, and climate resilience. This work will bring together local government and community organizations in Indianapolis; Kansas City, Missouri; Dane County, Wisconsin; and St. Louis, to share successful tools, datasets, and strategies as well as dive deeper into common challenges and barriers that will not only benefit their communities but have impacts throughout the Midwest. The focus communities have been collecting data and exploring resources to better plan for expanded tree canopy in their respective locales. This multi-city and multi-institution collaboration will expand partner and stakeholder knowledge in: quantifying benefits of planting and maintenance strategies as planting zones shift due to climate change, best practices for the deployment of sensors and technology to aid in more efficient and effective tree maintenance, community engagement strategies for developing and implementing long-term maintenance plans prioritizing underserved and historically disinvested areas, and the possibility of using carbon credits as long-term funding for local tree programs. 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.

该项目旨在为长期维护健康的树冠提供政府、社区和财政支持，以减轻气候变化造成的空气污染和城市热量加剧，特别是在因撤资和种族歧视而面临热量增加风险最大的社区。通过制定符合社区价值观的树木维护计划，并通过新成立的中西部树木中心在中西部地区分享经验教训，该项目将开发工具，利用非传统资金进行树木维护，减轻极端高温的影响，同时改善空气质量，减少能源负担，并解决其他社区优先事项。该项目大大增加了扩大树冠以最大限度地造福人类和环境健康的工作。虽然许多社区都有一些难题，比如应该在哪里种植树木，以及如何为种植新树提供资金，但随着时间的推移，维持健康树冠的能力往往受到缺乏资源、知识和协调的阻碍。该项目将重点关注这些障碍，利用支持、分享知识和加强协调，公平地维持健康的树冠，以减轻气候变化的影响。这项规划工作将中西部四个社区的地方政府、非政府组织和学术机构聚集在一起，通过制定长期的、以社区为基础的解决方案来维护和扩大树冠，建立气候适应能力，重点关注投资减少最多、健康、收入和气候适应能力差距最大的社区。这项工作将把印第安纳波利斯的地方政府和社区组织聚集在一起；密苏里州堪萨斯城；威斯康星州戴恩县；和圣路易斯，分享成功的工具，数据集和战略，并深入探讨共同的挑战和障碍，这不仅有利于他们的社区，而且对整个中西部地区产生影响。重点社区一直在收集数据和探索资源，以更好地规划各自地区扩大的树冠。这种多城市和多机构的合作将扩大合作伙伴和利益相关者在以下方面的知识：量化种植和维护策略的效益，因为种植区域因气候变化而发生变化，部署传感器和技术以帮助更高效和有效地维护树木的最佳实践，制定和实施长期维护计划的社区参与策略，优先考虑服务不足和历史上投资不足的地区，以及使用碳信用额作为当地树木项目长期资金的可能性。该项目是对“公民创新挑战”项目（track a）的回应：在不断变化的气候中生活：围绕适应、恢复和缓解的灾前行动——是国家科学基金会、国土安全部和能源部之间的合作项目。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。