Approaches to Coastal Adaptation in the United States

美国沿海适应的方法

• 批准号: 2104600
• 负责人: Tess Doeffinger
• 金额: $ 13.8万
• 依托单位: Doeffinger, Tess
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-09-15 至 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2104600&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Approaches; Coastal; Adaptation; United; States

This award was provided as part of NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (SPRF) program. The goal of the SPRF program is to prepare promising, early career doctoral-level scientists for scientific careers in academia, industry or private sector, and government. SPRF awards involve two years of training under the sponsorship of established scientists and encourage Postdoctoral Fellows to perform independent research. NSF seeks to promote the participation of scientists from all segments of the scientific community, including those from underrepresented groups, in its research programs and activities; the postdoctoral period is considered to be an important level of professional development in attaining this goal. Each Postdoctoral Fellow must address important scientific questions that advance their respective disciplinary fields. Under the sponsorship of Dr. A.R. Siders at the University of Delaware, this postdoctoral fellowship award supports an early career scientist to investigate coastal adaptation pathways in the United States. Sustainable development along the United States’ coast is challenging for several reasons, including continual weathering and climatic shocks. These risks are expected to be exacerbated due to climate change. There are currently a wide range of coastal adaptation responses being employed across the United States. The purpose of this research is to develop a fundamental understanding of the variation in adaptation responses that directly impact households, how these responses were chosen, and also to determine whether the most vulnerable members of communities are benefiting from these responses. The knowledge gained from this research offers the ability to identify gaps in adaptation, track progress, and aid in future decision making.This research aims to generate novel techniques combining diagnostics, historical pathways, and spatial statistics to evaluate adaptation pathways that have led to the current levels and distribution of adaptation in the United States. This research specifically investigates national, state, and local policies (e.g. zoning restrictions) and infrastructure (e.g. seawalls) that can directly influence households’ adaptation decisions, with three coastal communities in the United States serving as case studies. This research is split into four phases, starting with a short prepping period (Phase 1). Phase 2 utilizes a diagnostic approach to generate a status assessment of coastal adaptation in the three communities through the collection of information on adaptation measures employed, socio-demographics, drivers, and characteristics of the built environment. Phase 3 employs a historical pathways analysis to produce a historical narrative and timeline for each community to highlight path dependencies and critical junctures. Finally, Phase 4 assesses coastal adaptation and equity by mapping adaptation measures versus demographic data. By combining these methods, this research has the potential to enhance contextual knowledge that can lead to an improvement in modeling abilities, and therein, enhance decision making.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.

该奖项是 NSF 社会、行为和经济科学博士后研究奖学金 (SPRF) 计划的一部分。SPRF 计划的目标是为学术界、工业界或私营部门的科学职业培养有前途的早期职业博士级科学家。 SPRF 奖项涉及在知名科学家的赞助下进行为期两年的培训，并鼓励博士后研究员进行独立研究，旨在促进科学界各个领域的科学家的参与，包括来自代表性不足群体的科学家的参与。其研究项目和活动；博士后阶段被认为是实现这一目标的重要科学问题。特拉华州的这项博士后奖学金支持一位早期职业科学家研究美国沿海的适应途径，由于多种原因，包括持续的风化和气候冲击，这些风险预计会加剧。由于目前，美国各地正在采取多种沿海适应措施，这项研究的目的是对直接影响家庭的适应措施的变化、如何选择这些措施以及这些措施有一个基本的了解。以确定社区中最脆弱的成员是否从这些应对措施中受益，从这项研究中获得的知识提供了识别适应差距、跟踪进展并帮助未来决策的能力。这项研究旨在产生结合诊断、历史路径、空间统计来评估导致当前状况的适应路径本研究专门调查了可以直接影响家庭适应决策的国家、州和地方政策（例如分区限制）和基础设施（例如海堤），其中包括美国的三个沿海社区。作为案例研究，该研究分为四个阶段，从短暂的准备期开始（第 2 阶段），通过收集有关适应措施的信息，利用诊断方法对三个社区的沿海适应状况进行评估。 ,第三阶段采用历史路径分析来为每个社区生成历史叙述和时间表，以突出路径依赖性和关键时刻，最后阶段通过绘制适应图来评估沿海适应和公平性。通过结合这些方法，这项研究有可能增强背景知识，从而提高建模能力，从而增强决策能力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持：评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。