EAGER: Hydrological Globalization: Exploring Urban Adaptations to Arctic Melt

这个人类学项目的重点是水的重新分配，这是一个关键的物理过程，将北极地区与世界各地的沿海城市联系起来。为了评估对冰川融化和海平面上升的反应，该项目将使用“梯度指纹图”（GFM）“循水而行”到受北极融化影响最严重的沿海城市。GFM计算了每个全球融化盆地对城市沿海海平面上升的贡献。通过跟踪物理过程如何将北极与南部的城市中心联系起来，这项研究将测试“水文全球化”的有效性，这是一个跨学科的社会科学概念，它将水文过程的社会适应框架化，询问通过全球水流物理连接的站点是否以话语，政策措施，经济规划和基础设施发展的形式共享响应。这项基于现场的研究涉及民族志和基于文件的研究，包括与政府官员，科学家，负责情景规划的行业专家和非政府组织成员的访谈。这些与会者将就决策者和规划者为应对海平面迅速上升而采用的城市适应措施提供专家见解。媒体监测、对国家政策和法律的文件的评估以及对地方和国家行动主义的研究将为线人访谈提供背景和背景。这项研究将促进对人类对北极变化的反应以及这些反应在文化和地理上如何变化的理解。更广泛的影响包括在每个地点向公众展示，包括引人注目的以人为本的叙述，说明北极和南部城市地点之间的联系。通过当地媒体、白色文件和报告向利益相关者传播研究结果，面向更广泛的国际受众，并为城市政策和规划提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF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。

This anthropological project focuses on the redistribution of water, a key physical process linking the Arctic region to coastal cities worldwide. In order to evaluate responses to glacial melt and rising sea levels, this project will “follow the water” to coastal cities most affected by Arctic melt using the “gradient fingerprint map” (GFM). The GFM calculates how much water each global melt basin is contributing to urban coastal sea-level rise. By tracking how physical processes link the Arctic with urban centers to the south, this research will test the validity of “hydrological globalization,” an interdisciplinary social scientific concept that frames social adaptations to hydrological processes, asking whether sites physically connected through global water flow share responses in the form of discourse, policy measures, economic planning, and infrastructure development. This site-based study involves ethnographic and document-based research, including interviews with government officials, scientists, industry experts tasked with scenario planning, and members of non-governmental organizations. These participants will provide expert insight on the types of urban adaptations policy makers and planners are using to respond to rapid sea-level rise. Media monitoring, evaluation of national policies and legal documents, and study of local and national activism will provide background and context for informant interviews. This research will advance understanding of human responses to Arctic change and how those responses vary culturally and geographically. Broader impacts include presentations to public audiences at each site, involving compelling human-focused narratives that illustrate the links between the Arctic and urban sites to the south. Dissemination of findings through local media, white papers, and reports to stakeholders targets broader international audiences and may inform urban policy and planning.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.