Workshop: How Does Infrastructure Shape Equity and Well-being across the Urban-Rural Gradient?; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; August 2019

该项目为2019年8月在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行的为期三天的会议提供资金。其目标是提高对公平和福祉在城乡差距中的作用的理解。该活动将在研究人员、社区、行业、从业者和政府之间开发新的知识发展模式，以了解基础设施与周围环境、经济和社会系统之间的互动和反馈机制。会议重点关注费城大都市区，因为作为美国人口最多、历史最悠久、最贫穷的城市之一，费城提供了一个令人信服的地点。会议还考虑了研究框架和模型在美国和全球其他城市和地区的可扩展性。因此，这项科学研究贡献支持了NSF促进科学进步和增进我们国家福利的使命。在这种情况下，好处将是改善城市可持续性的洞察力，这将拯救生命和经济损失。会议汇集了40名个人，包括学者(具有费城及其他地区可持续发展的跨学科研究专长)、来自当地政府、非营利组织和社区组织(环境、区域规划、教育)的代表。结果将通过特拉华河谷地区规划委员会、富兰克林研究所科学博物馆、费城星球电台节目和播客，以及在《环境可持续性》最新观点中出版的特刊发布给广泛的利益相关者。该奖项反映了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。

This project funds a three day conference to be held in August, 2019 in Philadelphia, PA. The goal is to improve an understanding of the role of equity and well-being across the urban-rural gradient. The event will develop new models of knowledge development among researchers, communities, industry, practitioners, and government to understand interactions and feedback mechanisms between infrastructure and surrounding environmental, economic, and social systems. The conference focuses on the Philadelphia metropolitan region to ground the discussion because it provides a compelling site as one of the most populous, oldest, and poorest cities in the US. The conference also considers the scalability of the research frameworks and models to other cities and regions in the US and globally. This scientific research contribution thus supports NSF's mission to promote the progress of science and to advance our national welfare. In this case, the benefits will be insights to improve urban sustainability which will save lives and economic losses. The conference assembles 40 individuals including academics (with interdisciplinary research expertise on sustainability in Philadelphia and beyond), representatives from local government, nonprofit and community organizations (environment, regional planning, education). The results will be disseminated to a broad group of stakeholders through the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, the Franklin Institute Science Museum, Planet Philadelphia radio show and podcast, and the publication of a special issue in the Current Opinions in Environmental SustainabilityThis 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.