The Second NSF International Workshop on Sustainable Smart Cities - Egypt

第二届 NSF 国际可持续智慧城市研讨会 - 埃及

• 批准号: 1842325
• 负责人: Fouad Fouad
• 金额: $ 5.78万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1842325&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Second; NSF; International; Workshop; Sustainable

This proposal will support a workshop on Sustainable Smart Cities that will bring together decision making, research, and practitioner communities from the U.S. and Egypt to discuss the opportunities for developing and implementing sustainable urban development programs. The workshop will include approximately 50 carefully selected participants including 10 from the US, 5 from Europe, 30 from Egypt, and 5 from elsewhere in the Middle East and will take place in ~January 2019. Research on sustainable urban infrastructure and living is urgently needed as the pace of urbanization continues to increase. Some estimates suggest that by 2050 70% of the world's population will live in cities, and already approximately 80% of the US population lives in urban areas. Cities consume a tremendous share of resources like water and energy for which demand globally is only increasing. Urbanization is increasing most rapidly in developing countries, making the topic of sustainable cities particularly valuable for collaboration between US and developing country scientists. Egypt is a particularly valuable location for this meeting, with Cairo facing some of the greatest urban infrastructure challenges of any city in the world and a new Egyptian capital under development east of Cairo. The main goals of the workshop are to:1) Explore how synergistic relationships between government, researchers, and practitioners can promote sustainable urban development;2) Bring together the decision making, research, and practitioner communities from the U.S. and Egypt to identify and prioritize sustainability programs that address regional needs;3) Identify specific objectives, decision criteria, and performance metrics to help decision makersprioritize and evaluate sustainability projects;4) Identify mutually beneficial research and training initiatives;5) Identify lessons learned that can help the U.S. to apply similar practices at home and abroad.Specifically, the workshop will offer a platform for sharing experiences and best practices in:1) Economic transformation of cities;2) Urban infrastructure;3) Science, technology, and innovation for sustainable urbanization;4) Health and well-being of citizens.The overarching topic and selected themes are timely. Research efforts are underway in the US and around the world to find ways for cities to operate and grow that are efficient, attractive and economical while also supporting the needs of residents. This workshop will bring together experts from the US, Egypt, the rest of the Middle East/North Africa (MENA), and Europe to share results, coordinate new collaborative research endeavors, identify criteria for regional projects and priorities for new programs, and identify lessons for the US and developed countries to apply at home. These efforts are likely to be valuable in the US, in Egypt, and around the world.Funding for this project is provided by the Office of International Science and Engineering through the US-Egypt Joint Fund.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.

该提案将支持有关可持续智能城市的研讨会，该研讨会将汇集来自美国和埃及的决策，研究和从业者社区，讨论开发和实施可持续城市发展计划的机会。该研讨会将包括大约50名精心挑选的参与者，包括来自美国的10名，来自欧洲的5名，来自埃及的30个以及中东其他地方的5个，并将在2019年1月举行。有关可持续城市基础设施和生活的研究。随着城市化的步伐不断提高。一些估计表明，到2050年，全球人口中的70％将居住在城市中，大约80％的美国人口居住在城市地区。城市消耗了大量资源，例如水和能源，而全球需求仅在增加。在发展中国家，城市化的速度最快，使可持续城市的话题变得特别有价值，对于我们与发展中国家科学家之间的合作。埃及是这次会议的特别有价值的地理位置，开罗面临着世界上任何城市的一些最大的城市基础设施挑战，也面临着开罗以东发展的新埃及首都。研讨会的主要目标是：1）探索政府，研究人员和从业人员之间的协同关系如何促进可持续的城市发展； 2）将决策，研究以及来自美国和埃及的从业人员社区结合在一起，以识别和确定优先级满足区域需求的可持续性计划； 3）确定特定目标，决策标准和绩效指标，以帮助决策制造商对可持续性项目进行评估； 4）确定互惠互利的研究和培训计划； 5）确定可以帮助美国应用的经验教训在国内外的类似实践。特别是，研讨会将为共享经验和最佳实践的平台提供：1）城市的经济转型； 2）城市基础设施； 3）科学，技术和可持续城市化的创新； 4）健康; 4）和公民的福祉。总体话题和选定的主题是及时的。在美国和世界各地正在进行研究工作，以寻找有效，有吸引力和经济性的城市运营和发展的方式，同时也支持居民的需求。该研讨会将汇集来自美国，埃及，中东/北非其他地区（MENA）和欧洲的专家，以共享结果，协调新的合作研究努力，确定新计划的区域项目和优先级的标准，并确定美国和发达国家在家申请的课程。这些努力在美国，埃及和世界各地都可能是有价值的。该项目的资金由国际科学和工程办公室通过美国埃及联合基金提供。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且一直在认为值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛影响的评论标准来评估值得支持。