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，产生深远的社会经济后果。与气候变暖的过去项目相比，公平的洪水适应旨在为负担过重的社区提供更大和/或更持久的好处。为了追求这一目标，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，其标志是在获取和使用交互式快速洪水风险模拟工具方面进行了创新。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。广泛采用可能会使未来的解决方案对不同的社区和灾害类型更具时间敏感性、公平性和有效性。洪灾动态复杂且不确定，决策受到社会、政治和体制限制，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，以：(A)克服洪水风险模拟方面的技术障碍，这些障碍限制了社区的合作探索，特别是在各种情况下以精细分辨率和区域规模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，例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洪水模拟工具联系起来，可能代表着在更公平地应对气候变化方面的一项突破性创新。该框架如果成功，可以广泛应用于社区到区域范围，以帮助适应气候变化。这一奖项反映了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。

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.