NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: Water Infrastructure in the Arctic: Vulnerabilities at the Intersection of Social, Natural and Physical Systems

NNA 轨道 2：合作研究：北极水基础设施：社会、自然和物理系统交叉点的脆弱性

• 批准号: 2022177
• 负责人: Jessica Kaminsky
• 金额: $ 5.97万
• 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: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2022177&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NNA; Track; Collaborative; Research; Water

Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) is one of NSF's 10 Big Ideas. NNA projects address convergence scientific challenges in the rapidly changing Arctic. The Arctic research is needed to inform the economy, security and resilience of the Nation, the larger region and the globe. NNA empowers new research partnerships from local to international scales, diversifies the next generation of Arctic researchers, enhances efforts in formal and informal education, and integrates the co-production of knowledge where appropriate. This award fulfills part of that aim by supporting planning activities with clear potential to develop novel, leading edge research ideas and approaches to address NNA goals. It integrates aspects of the natural environment, built environment, and social systems to address important societal challenges at this intersection, builds significant educational opportunities, and engages with local communities.Even when it exists, formal water infrastructure in rural Alaska often fails to provide an adequate level of service to Alaskan households and communities. Operating water infrastructure in the Arctic is particularly difficult due to the unique coupling between the engineered systems and the unusually extreme challenges from social and natural systems. The small and remote nature of communities present unusual logistical, financial, and workforce challenges, while an extreme and changing climate further complicates the technical work needed to operate and maintain the systems. Accordingly, this project integrates knowledge of the water service challenges, data needs, and workforce issues experienced by Arctic communities and develop approaches to address these challenges and needs with appropriate strategies. Results from the needs assessment are used in teaching modules, and the knowledge generated is being used to develop an educational phone and tablet app that can be used as a tool available for utilities in public outreach. Broadly, this project is reducing uncertainty surrounding the operations of Arctic water infrastructure under conditions of climate change, and in doing so identifies new places where research is urgently needed.Enabled by semi-structured interviews and focus groups, this planning grant is designed to forefront Alaskan community member and utility operator knowledge. The team is visiting three communities in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta to gather knowledge from individuals with diverse expertise, including treatment plant operators and the general public. Data are being transcribed and analyzed using emergent qualitative analysis to objectively explore questions discovered through a local needs assessment. Further, through team development using the Delphi method and concept modeling exercises, this grant is creating the research community needed to identify and address systemic problems facing Arctic water infrastructure and the people who use them. Knowledge is being returned to participating communities through professional organizations, anchor institutions, and public outreach.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.

NSF的10个大创意之一是导航新北极（NNA）。 NNA项目应对北极快速变化的融合科学挑战。需要进行北极研究，以告知国家，较大地区和全球的经济，安全和弹性。 NNA赋予从本地量表到国际规模的新研究伙伴关系，使下一代北极研究人员多样化，加强了正规和非正式教育方面的努力，并在适当的情况下整合了知识的共同生产。该奖项通过支持规划活动具有明确的潜力来开发新颖的，领先的研究思想和方法来解决NNA目标，从而实现了这一目标的一部分。它整合了自然环境，建筑环境和社会系统的各个方面，以应对此十字路口的重要社会挑战，建立重要的教育机会，并与当地社区接触。即使存在，阿拉斯加农村地区的正式水基础设施通常未能为阿拉斯加家庭和社区提供足够的服务水平。由于工程系统与社会和自然系统的异常极端挑战之间的独特耦合，北极的操作水基础设施特别困难。社区的小而遥远的本质表现出异常的后勤，财务和劳动力挑战，而极端和不断变化的气候进一步使操作和维护系统所需的技术工作变得复杂。因此，该项目将北极社区遇到的水服务挑战，数据需求和劳动力问题的知识整合在一起，并通过适当的策略开发方法来应对这些挑战和需求。需求评估的结果用于教学模块，并且所产生的知识用于开发一种教育手机和平板电脑应用程序，该应用程序可用作公共外展公用事业的工具。从广义上讲，该项目正在减少围绕气候变化条件下北极水基础设施运营的不确定性，并在这样做的过程中确定了迫切需要研究的新地方。通过半结构化的访谈和焦点小组，该计划赠款旨在使阿拉斯加阿拉斯加社区成员和公用事业运营商知识成为前途的筹集资金。该团队正在Yukon Kuskokwim Delta访问三个社区，以收集具有多种专业知识的个人的知识，包括治疗厂运营商和公众。数据正在使用紧急定性分析进行转录和分析，以客观地探索通过当地需求评估发现的问题。此外，通过使用Delphi方法和概念建模练习的团队开发，该赠款正在创建研究社区，以识别和解决北极水基础设施面临的系统性问题以及使用它们的人。知识正在通过专业组织，锚固机构和公共宣传返回参与社区。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持的。

项目成果

Drivers of Declining Water Access in Alaska

阿拉斯加供水量下降的驱动因素

• DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00167
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: ACS ES&T Water
• 作者: Brown, Meredith J.;Spearing, Lauryn A.;Roy, Arkajyoti;Kaminsky, Jessica A.;Faust, Kasey M.
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey M.

What impacts water services in rural Alaska? Identifying vulnerabilities at the intersection of technical, natural, human, and financial systems

什么影响阿拉斯加农村地区的供水服务？

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134596
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Cleaner Production
• 影响因子: 11.1
• 作者: Spearing, Lauryn A.;Mehendale, Prachi;Albertson, Leif;Kaminsky, Jessica A.;Faust, Kasey M.
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey M.

Comparing Qualitative Analysis Techniques for Construction Engineering and Management Research: The Case of Arctic Water Infrastructure

建筑工程和管理研究的定性分析技术比较：北极水利基础设施案例

• DOI: 10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0002313
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
• 影响因子: 5.1
• 作者: Spearing, Lauryn A.;Bakchan, Amal;Hamlet, Leigh C.;Stephens, Keri K.;Kaminsky, Jessica A.;Faust, Kasey M.
• 通讯作者: Faust, Kasey M.