Place-Based, Human-Centered Networks to Enhance Community Resilience and Equity

为了促进社区恢复力和公平，该灾害恢复力研究基金（DRRG）项目考察了一系列基于地点、以人为本的网络，利用微型交通工具（自行车或踏板车等轻型交通工具）、社区社会关系和恢复力中心，更好地满足灾后受影响人群的需求。该项目特别研究了社会网络和微流动性在加强弹性中心规划和运营方面的潜在作用，弹性中心是一种新兴的基础设施概念，有可能支持更公平的灾害响应和恢复工作。该项目调查了两个研究地点在提高韧性方面的机遇和挑战：一个大都市沿海城市和一个内陆郊区社区，研究结果可以为美国其他高度脆弱地区提供更公平的交通运营战略和准备措施。本研究的结果可以扩展关于微流动弹性中心如何支持社会网络连接，增加社区凝聚力和能力，以及增强社区和国家弹性的知识状态。社区和人民是研究的中心，从利益相关者的专业知识和经验中学习，以适应弹性中心的概念，以满足未来弹性城市的需求。需要进行研究，了解如何在灾害应对中有效利用微移动基础设施和社区社会网络。利用以人为中心的数据和混合方法分析，该灾害恢复研究资助项目将社会网络分析、定性专题分析、离散选择建模和基于代理的模拟相结合，为易受灾社区建立一个凝聚力网络模型，解决个人和社区的脆弱性问题。本项目的目标是：1)了解微机动在不同灾难场景中的功能、用途和适用性；2)了解如何将微移动系统和当地社会网络整合在一起，以更好地支持社区在日常和灾难场景中的应用；3)通过对焦点小组、调查、访谈、模拟和与社区合作伙伴共同设计的实地测试结果的实证分析和综合，验证微流动性弹性中心作为微流动性和社会网络在一系列社区和灾害类型中的连接点的适用性。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。

To promote community resilience and equity, this Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) project examines a series of place-based, human-centered networks, leveraging micromobility (lightweight vehicles such as bicycles or scooters), community social ties, and resilience hubs, to better meet those impacted by a disaster after the event. In particular, the project investigates the potential role of social networks and micromobility in enhancing the planning and operation of resilience hubs, an emerging infrastructural concept that has the potential to support more equitable disaster response and recovery efforts. The project investigates opportunities and challenges regarding enhancing resilience in two study locations: a metropolitan coastal city and an inland suburban community where the results can inform more equitable transportation operational strategies and preparedness measures for other highly vulnerable regions of the United States. The results of this research can extend the state of knowledge about how micromobility resilience hubs can support social network connectivity, increase community cohesion and capacity, and enhance community and national resilience. Communities and people are at the center of the research, learning from stakeholder expertise and experiences to adapt the resilience hub concept to meet the needs of future resilient cities.Research is needed to understand how micromobility infrastructure and community social networks can be effectively leveraged in disaster response. Using human-centered data and mixed-method analyses, this Disaster Resilience Research Grant project combines social network analysis, qualitative thematic analysis, discrete choice modeling, and agent-based simulations, to model a cohesive network for disaster-prone communities addressing the vulnerabilities of individuals and the community. The objectives of this project are to 1) understand the functions, usage, and applicability of micromobility in different disaster scenarios; 2) understand how micromobility systems and local social networks can be integrated to better support communities in both every day and disaster scenarios; and 3) validate the applicability of micromobility resilience hubs as connection points for micromobility and social networks in a range of communities and disaster types via the empirical analysis and synthesis of findings from focus groups, surveys, interviews, simulations, and on-the-ground field tests co-designed with community partners.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.