Bridging the gaps across sustainable urban spaces

在全球气候变化的背景下规划、设计和管理可持续城市是21世纪世纪面临的一些最大挑战。这些问题的规模和范围从分析非线性、复杂的城市系统和现象（如当地气候系统、分布式能源和水系统以及人类流动）到开发和应用新的系统和流程建模工具（以加强可持续城市基础设施的设计和管理）。因此，需要采取多学科办法。伦敦大学学院的研究人员在设计新颖的应对城市可持续性和气候变化的挑战在工程和城市规划领域的世界领导者。然而，许多不同的研究学科，可能会作出重大贡献，这一研究工作（如数学和计算机科学）目前没有集中在甚至从事这一研究领域，我们建议建立可持续的城市空间计划，将使用新的方法来解决这些不足之处，汇集规划和设计的专业知识与物理，数学和计算机科学。该方案将建立长期关系，以解决城市可持续性方面的紧迫问题。首先，它将制定方法来克服不同学科话语之间的误解的普遍障碍，这导致研究人员跨越目的而不是解决方案。将采用各种方法，包括开放空间活动，交流计划（人员和设备），研究生奖学金和共享硕士课程。其次，它将促进研究人员的时间和机会，以满足和探索新的想法和发展联系。方法包括研讨会系列，开放日，一对一的访问，并推出活动。最后，物理错位的障碍将通过使用在线协作工具来克服各个部门（分散在伦敦中心的各个部门）之间的差异。（负责全面协调、监测和评价方案支出、活动和产出）和一名方案干事（世卫组织是方案的主要知识经纪人、方案网络的中央联络点和行政支助）。该方案将接受方案委员会的咨询，其活动将集中在三大类：联网活动（为研究人员创造机会，以满足彼此和建立新的关系，这可能导致未来的合作），教职员及学生活动（促进对其他部门研究的学习，相互挑战，发展建立持续工作所需的关系项目活动（将想法和伙伴关系转化为成功的研究项目）。

Planning, designing and managing sustainable cities in the context of global climate change pose some of the greatest challenges for the 21st century. The size and the scale of these problems range from the analysis of non-linear, complex urban systems and phenomena (such as local climate systems, distributed energy and water systems, and human mobility) to the development and application of new systems and process modelling tools (to enhance design and management of sustainable urban infrastructure). Therefore, a multi-disciplinary approach is required. UCL researchers are world leaders in devising novel responses to the challenge of urban sustainability and climate change in the fields of engineering and urban planning. However, many disparate research disciplines which might make a significant contribution to this research effort (such as mathematics and computer science) are not currently focused on or even engaged in this research area.We propose to establish the Sustainable Urban Spaces Programme which will address these shortcomings by using new ways to bring together planning and design expertise together with physical, mathematical and computer science. The Programme will establish long-term relationships to address pressing issues of urban sustainability.The Programme has three primary objectives. First, it will develop methods to overcome the universal barriers of misunderstanding between different disciplinary discourses, which leads to researchers talking across purposes rather than towards solutions. A variety of approaches will be used including open space events, exchange programs (staff and equipment), research student fellowships and shared MSc programs. Second, it will promote the time and opportunity for researchers to meet and explore new ideas and develop connections. Approaches include seminar series, open days, one-on-one visits, and launch events. Finally, the barriers of physical dislocation (separate departments dispersed throughout the centre of London) will be overcome through the use of online collaboration tools.The Programme will be managed by a Programme Manager (responsible for the overall co-ordination, monitoring and evaluation of the programme spending, activities and outputs) and a Programme Officer (who acts as the primary knowledge broker for the programme, the central contact point for the programme networks and administrative support). The Programme with be under the advice of the Programme Board and its activities will be focussed in three main clusters: networking activities (creating opportunities for researchers to meet one another and establish new relationships which may lead to future collaboration), staff and student activities (to promote learning about research in other departments and to challenge one another and to develop the relationships necessary for establishing ongoing work together) and project activities (transforming ideas and partnerships into successful research projects).