RIPS Type 2 Collaborative Research: Water and Electricity Infrastructure in the Southeast (WEIS) - Approaches to Resilient Interdependent Systems under Climate Change

RIPS 2 类合作研究：东南部水电基础设施 (WEIS) - 气候变化下具有弹性的相互依存系统的方法

• 批准号: 1440852
• 负责人: Bart Nijssen
• 金额: $ 74.93万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1440852&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RIPS; Type; Collaborative; Research; Water

This research will develop a general methodology to study climate change implications for the interdependent critical infrastructures (ICI) systems of water supply and electric power generation. Competing demands for water services affect the availability of water for the power sector (and hence its reliability), while reliable power supply is needed to operate the water supply system. This project will demonstrate a method for evaluating the interdependence and resiliency of ICI systems on the Southeast U.S. through 2050. In order to evaluate the risks and improve the resilience of the ICI systems, the project will include five interconnected research thrusts, each developed in general terms, then applied in the target area: 1. Social Context: What are the organizational, social, psychological, legal, political, and economic needs, wants, resources, and obstacles relevant to creating resilient, socially acceptable improvements in the electric power and water supply ICI systems? 2. Hazards: How will climate change and related extreme weather events affect local hydrology and thus water-induced risks in the southeastern U.S.? 3. Vulnerability: How will these changes affect short-term operations and long-term planning for existing and future electric power and water supply ICI systems in the Southeast between 2010 and 2050? 4. Adaptation: What are technically and economically feasible climate adaptation investments in the electric power and water supply ICI systems between 2010 and 2050? 5. Communication and acceptability: How can these analytical results be communicated to the stakeholders who will need to evaluate and act on them? This research will advance both the individual sciences (e.g., numerical modeling, natural hazards research, impact assessment, energy and water management, decision science) and their integration. This project will stimulate interactions between disciplines that infrequently have the sustained opportunities for the collaboration needed to understand the mutual implications of their research and to develop methods that address those interfaces. The shared focus on ICIs will allow these communities to develop the common language needed to develop the integrative methods that enrich the respective fields while creating unique joint products. For example, improved understanding of the hydrological impacts of climate change and extreme weather events will inform scientists working on climate assessment, while stimulating the behavioral science research needed to engage stakeholders responsible for using that information in electric power and water supply ICIs. Similarly, this project will prompt research integrating control and engineering science as they apply to these problems. It will also extend science communication research to grappling with the unique issues raised by ICIs (e.g., long-time horizons, complex interactions), informed by the expertise of the other scientists on the project. The project will support interdisciplinary collaboration among engineers, earth scientists, and social scientists at three different institutions. A primary goal of this project is to communicate with stakeholders so as to make its work as relevant as possible and to engage them throughout the process so that they are ready to see the implications of its questions and results for policy making. To that end, the project will include outreach activities targeting climate/environmental entities, utility companies, policy makers and community leaders, the academic community, and the general public.

这项研究将开发一种一般方法，以研究对供水和发电的相互依存关键基础设施（ICI）系统的气候变化影响。对水服务的竞争要求会影响电力部门的水的可用性（因此其可靠性），而运营供水系统需要可靠的电源。 This project will demonstrate a method for evaluating the interdependence and resiliency of ICI systems on the Southeast U.S. through 2050. In order to evaluate the risks and improve the resilience of the ICI systems, the project will include five interconnected research thrusts, each developed in general terms, then applied in the target area: 1. Social Context: What are the organizational, social, psychological, legal, political, and economic needs, wants, resources, and obstacles relevant to creating电力和供水ICI系统的弹性，社会可接受的改进？ 2。危害：气候变化和相关的极端天气事件将如何影响当地的水文学，从而在美国东南部产生的风险？ 3.脆弱性：这些变化将如何影响2010年至2050年之间东南部现有和未来的电力和供水ICI系统的短期操作和长期计划？ 4。适应：2010年至2050年之间，在技术和经济上可行的气候适应性投资是什么？ 5。沟通和可接受性：如何将这些分析结果传达给需要评估和对它们采取行动的利益相关者？这项研究将推动各个科学（例如数值建模，自然危害研究，影响评估，能源和水管理，决策科学）及其整合。该项目将刺激学科之间的相互作用，这些学科很少会为了解其研究的相互影响并开发解决这些界面的方法所需的合作机会。对ICIS的共同关注将使这些社区能够开发出开发综合方法的共同语言，从而在创建独特的联合产品的同时丰富各个领域。例如，对气候变化和极端天气事件的水文影响的了解得以提高，将为从事气候评估的科学家提供信息，同时刺激了与负责在电力和水供应中使用该信息的利益相关者所需的行为科学研究。同样，该项目将促使研究将控制和工程科学应用于这些问题。它还将把科学沟通研究扩展到解决ICIS提出的独特问题（例如，长期视野，复杂互动），并由其他科学家在项目上的专业知识所告知。该项目将支持三个不同机构的工程师，地球科学家和社会科学家之间的跨学科合作。该项目的主要目标是与利益相关者进行交流，以使其工作尽可能相关，并在整个过程中吸引它们，以便他们准备了解其问题和结果对制定政策的影响。为此，该项目将包括针对气候/环境实体，公用事业公司，政策制定者和社区领导者，学术界和公众的外展活动。