Conference: Developing a Convergence Sustainable Urban Systems (SUS) Agenda for Redesigning the Urban-Rural Interface along the Mississippi River Watershed

该项目的目标是制定一个跨学科的研究议程，以解决诸如养分径流、侵蚀、洪水、热岛效应和城市/农村界面的城市扩张等大规模问题。该方法是一个关于沿着密西西比河流域（MRW）重新设计城乡界面（RURI）的研讨会。会议将促进研究人员、专家和社区成员之间的合作，以推进应对当前基础设施挑战所需的科学。在两天的时间里，与会者将探讨气候变化、基础设施设计和流域城市网络内人口动态的多州和多系统影响。该议程与以可持续城市系统为重点的研究相一致。SUS-RURI研讨会将利用设计思维的协同方法来吸引不同的参与者，促进城市系统中社会-生态-技术相互依存的新知识。在三个生态/气候尺度的框架下，小组讨论和互动会议将鼓励跨学科方法的发展，以模拟和评估整个流域的土地利用、可持续性和复原力。参与者之间的互动将产生知识，用于MRW内部以及其他城市及其卫星社区和农村邻居。本次研讨会将是支持研究网络发展的首次会议，该网络将把建筑、艺术、数据科学、生态、工程和社会生态系统专业人士与各种社区利益相关者和行业专业人士进行对话。这次会议使研究人员能够广泛参与这个多样化和跨学科的生态系统。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。

The goal of this project is to develop a transdisciplinary research agenda to address large-scale problems such as nutrient runoff, erosion, flooding, heat island effects, and urban sprawl at the urban/rural interface. The approach is a workshop on Redesigning the Urban-Rural Interface (RURI) along the Mississippi River Watershed (MRW). The meeting will foster collaborations among researchers, experts, and community members to advance the science needed to address current infrastructure challenges. Over two days, participants will explore the multi-state and multi-system impacts of climate variability, infrastructure design, and population dynamics within the watershed's network of cities. The agenda is aligned with research focused on Sustainable Urban Systems (SUS). The SUS-RURI workshop will catalyze new knowledge of social-ecological-technological interdependence in urban systems using the synergistic methodology of design thinking to engage diverse participants. Framed by three ecological/climatic scales, panels and interactive sessions will encourage the development of transdisciplinary approaches to model, simulate, and assess land-use, sustainability, and resilience throughout the watershed. Participant interactions will generate knowledge to apply within the MRW as well as in other cities and their satellite communities and rural neighbors. This workshop will be an initial meeting to support development of a research network that will bring architecture, arts, data science, ecology, engineering, and socio-ecological systems professionals into a dialogue with a variety of community stakeholders and industry professionals. This conference enables broad participation by researchers in this diverse and interdisciplinary ecosystem.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.