SCC-IRG Track 2: Equitable-Access Flood Modeling for Timely and Just Adaptation in the Near and Long Term

气候变化正在加剧洪水风险，带来深远的社会经济后果。公平的洪水适应旨在为负担过重的社区提供比过去气候变暖项目更大和/或更持久的好处。为了实现这一目标，这个智能互联社区综合研究资助（SCC-IRG）项目开发和测试了一种新的洪水适应模式，其特点是在获取和使用交互式快速洪水风险模拟工具方面进行创新。该项目旨在产生关于协作模式在促进社会正义和环境福祉方面的作用和有效性的新知识。广泛采用有可能使未来的解决方案对不同的社区和灾害类型更具时效性、公平性和有效性。洪水动态复杂且不确定，决策受到社会、政治和制度约束的限制，参与过程非常耗时。该项目汇集了土木工程、适应科学和区域规划方面的专家，目的是：（a）克服洪水风险模拟方面的技术障碍，这些障碍一直限制着社区的合作探索，特别是以高分辨率和区域尺度预测洪水影响的能力，以及（B）衡量新的社会技术框架是否以及如何能够改善成果，如增加边缘化人口的参与，缩短规划时间表，以及随着时间的推移，在群体和社区之间更公平地分配利益和资源。将数字参与平台与快速响应的洪水模拟工具联系起来，可以代表更公平地应对气候变化的突破性创新。该框架，如果成功的话，可以广泛地应用于附近到区域的规模，以帮助适应气候变化。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Climate change is intensifying flood risks, with profound socioeconomic consequences. Equitable flood adaptation is designed to offer greater and/or more lasting benefits to overburdened communities than past projects in a warming climate. In pursuit of this goal, this Smart and Connected Communities Integrative Research Grant (SCC-IRG) project develops and tests a new paradigm of flood adaptation marked by innovation in access to, and use of, an interactive, fast flood risk simulation tool. The project aims to produce new knowledge about the role and effectiveness of collaborative models in promoting social justice and environmental well-being. Widespread adoption has the potential to make future solutions to be more time-sensitive, equitable, and effective for different communities and hazard types.Flooding dynamics are complex and uncertain, decision-making is limited by social, political, and institutional constraints, and participatory processes are very time-consuming. This project brings together experts in civil engineering, adaptation sciences, and regional planning to (a) overcome technical barriers in flood risk simulation that have been limiting collaborative exploration by communities, notably the ability to predict flood impacts at fine resolution and at regional scales for a wide range of scenarios, and (b) measure if and how a new sociotechnical framework can improve outcomes such as increasing participation of marginalized populations, shortening planning timelines, and more equitably distribution of benefits and resources across groups and neighborhoods over time. Linking a digital engagement platform to a fast-response flood simulation tool could represent a breakthrough innovation for more equitably responding to climate change. The framework, if successful, could be broadly applied at neighborhood to regional scales to aid in climate change adaptation.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.