SEES Fellows: Designing and Testing Quantitative and Spatial Measurements of Socio-Cultural Values for Sustainability Planning

这项研究将开发度量标准和测量工具，用于从数量和空间上捕捉有关社会和文化人类价值的数据，这些数据可用于解决与环境规划、城市发展和其他土地使用决策背景有关的可持续性的人类层面。 研究将包括1）基于网络的地理空间价值映射，2）使用价值树和相对偏好收集数据的调查和研讨会，以及3）比较非货币措施的结果与标准经济方法的结果。该项目将在几个组织之间建立联系，以更好地了解人的方面如何适应太平洋西北地区的可持续发展和生态恢复。合作将包括区域和联邦土地管理机构、学术机构以及非营利研究和保护组织。该项目将通过确定将社会和文化价值观纳入决策的方式，并通过强调纳入所有价值观类型，包括传统上代表性不足的群体，如部落民族、移民人口和农村社区，为社区提供服务。该项目将通过为研究生和本科生提供研究和指导机会，并通过社区论坛，区域媒体，研讨会和出版物分享研究方法和成果，将研究和教育结合起来。该项目得到了NSF科学，工程和教育可持续发展研究员（SEES研究员）计划的支持，其目标是帮助实现所需的发现，为导致环境，能源和社会可持续性的行动提供信息，同时创造必要的劳动力来应对这些挑战。 在SEES研究员的支持下，该项目将使一个有前途的早期职业研究人员能够在与可持续发展相关的独立研究生涯中建立自己的地位。

This study will develop metrics and measurement tools for quantitatively and spatially capturing data on social and cultural human values that can be used to address the human dimensions of sustainability in relation to environmental planning, urban development, and other land-use decision-making contexts. The research will include 1) Web-based geospatial values mapping, 2) surveys and workshops to collect data using value trees and relative preference, and 3) comparisons of how outcomes from non-monetary measures compare to those obtained with standard economic methods. This project will build linkages among several organizations working to better understand how human dimensions fit into sustainable development and ecological restoration in the Pacific Northwest. The collaborations will include regional and federal land management agencies, academic institutions, and non-profit research and conservation organizations. The project will provide a service to the community by identifying ways in which social and cultural values can be incorporated into decision-making, and by emphasizing the inclusion of all value types, including traditionally underrepresented groups such as Tribal Nations, immigrant populations, and rural communities. The project will integrate research and education by offering research and mentoring opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students, and by sharing research methods and results through community forums, regional media, workshops, and publications. This project is supported under the NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Fellows (SEES Fellows) program, with the goal of helping to enable discoveries needed to inform actions that lead to environmental, energy and societal sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges. With SEES Fellows support, this project will enable a promising early career researcher to establish themselves in an independent research career related to sustainability.