NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Linking the Green Economy to the Blue Economy at the Coast

NSF 融合加速器轨道 E：将绿色经济与沿海蓝色经济联系起来

• 批准号: 2137891
• 负责人: Maya Trotz
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2137891&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Convergence; Accelerator; Track; Linking

The US Exclusive Economic Zone is a formal jurisdiction that extends the US territory 200 nautical miles from the coast into the ocean. It includes coastal and offshore areas covering nearly 4.4 million square miles in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This is about 15% larger than the US land mass and is the second largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world. This zone supports major industries, like shipping, tourism, seafood, pharmaceuticals, oil, wind and other renewable energy, and national priority areas such as academic research and defense. Coastal areas are at the core of local recreation and many cultural activities. These activities translate into local jobs, with nearly 50% of the US population living in coastal watershed counties, but also farther away from any specific coastal region. Many coastal communities, both in the US and internationally, are at the forefront of impacts of climate change and upstream activities associated with land-based agriculture practices, other industries, and urbanization. Those upstream Green Economy activities have impacted water quantity and quality downstream, diminishing the ability of many coastal communities to develop the full and sustainable potential of their ocean-based Blue Economy. This research team will work with a diverse cross-section of coastal communities to co-develop solutions to these challenges and to improve their health and economy. Particular focus will be on the linkages between Blue-Green ‘frontline’ communities, which often are disadvantaged for a number of historical reasons, and face substantial challenges from climate change and human activities within each watershed. The “NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Linking the Green Economy to the Blue Economy at the Coast” project will examine links and opportunities to strengthen both the Blue economy of coastal frontline communities and Green economy activities of upstream communities, and develop a framework and platform for exchanging information to ultimately improve lives. This project will improve success in understanding and protecting coastal ecosystems, part of the US decadal vision to promote American security and prosperity. It will also create an ocean-literate workforce through public engagement.The “NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Linking the Green Economy to the Blue Economy at the Coast” project will combine expertise from social scientists, natural sciences including ecologists, and engineers and technologists to work with coastal frontline communities that are affected by Green economy activities in three watersheds of different geographic scales. The objectives are to: 1) Co-create inclusive mechanisms for dialogue and planning between coastal and upstream communities to better facilitate Blue and Green Economy opportunities, and identify new partners for developing our Blue-Green Accelerator platform; 2) Characterize linkages and dynamics between coastal and upstream communities and identify Blue and Green Economy tradeoffs, including other related tradeoffs such as water quality, health, or transportation connectivity; 3) Select a small number of information sets for prototype platform development, and identify linkages between, and scales of, natural and social processes relevant for frontline communities, 4) Deliver relevant scientific information co-developed with and for communities in an understandable, inclusive, and actionable form and assess its usage with frontline communities. The project objectives will be achieved through three case studies: a) Tampa Bay watershed water quality improvement which is a recognized success story; b) Salt River estuary in the U.S. Virgin Islands, a smaller estuary that is under intense pressure due to land development upstream; and c) a national-scale study with coastal communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico that requires action in the Mississippi River watershed. The project addresses National Academy of Engineering’s grand challenges of managing the nitrogen cycle, sequestering carbon, and restoring and improving urban infrastructure, as well as the five grand challenges for environmental engineering, especially that of fostering informed decisions and actions. The 13 member research team (6 women and 3 underrepresented minorities) represents two large academic institutions from the south and midwest with interdisciplinary food-energy-water systems National Research Traineeship programs (University of South Florida and the University of Iowa), one National Estuary Program (Tampa Bay Estuary Program), one local government entity (US Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources), and one non-governmental organization committed to broadening participation in Marine Sciences (Black in Marine Science). The disciplinary expertise of the project includes researchers and practitioners from Anthropology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Marine Science, with personnel who cover policy, community engaged research, ethnographic research, fisheries, systems dynamics, interdisciplinary education, big data, remote sensing, in situ monitoring, and public education and outreach. The principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion will guide all project activities. Three main workshops with diverse stakeholders and site visits for the targeted watersheds will result in valuable outputs (reports, multimedia, systems dynamics models, papers) that will be disseminated via conference and community presentations, and through dissemination pathways of the various partners. Recruitment of workshop participants will be done to ensure diverse perspectives from across the US, including those of early career scientists, and frontline community members.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.

美国独家经济区是一个正式的管辖权，将美国领土从海岸扩展到海洋。它包括在大西洋和太平洋近440万平方英里的沿海和近海地区。这比美国的土地大约15％，是世界第二大专属经济区。该区域支持主要行业，例如运输，旅游，海鲜，药品，石油，风和其他可再生能源，以及学术研究和国防等国家优先领域。沿海地区是当地娱乐和许多文化活动的核心。这些活动转化为当地工作，近50％的美国人口居住在沿海分水岭县，但距离任何特定的沿海地区也很远。在美国和国际上，许多沿海社区都处于攀岩变革和上游活动的影响方面，与陆基农业实践，其他行业和城市化有关。这些上游的绿色经济活动影响了下游的水量和质量，从而降低了许多沿海社区发展其海洋蓝色经济的全部和可持续潜力的能力。该研究团队将与沿海社区的潜水员横截面合作，共同开发解决这些挑战并改善其健康和经济的解决方案。特别的重点将放在蓝绿色的“前线”社区之间的联系，这些社区通常出于多种历史原因而处于不利地位，并且面临着每个流域内气候变化和人类活动的重大挑战。 “ NSF融合加速器轨道：将绿色经济与沿海的蓝色经济联系起来”项目将检查链接和机会，以增强沿海前线社区的蓝色经济和上游社区的绿色经济活动，并为交换信息开发框架和平台以最终改善生活。该项目将提高理解和保护沿海生态系统的成功，这是美国十年际愿景的一部分，以促进美国的安全和繁荣。它还将通过公众参与创造海洋企业的劳动力。 “ NSF融合加速器轨道E：将绿色经济与海岸的蓝色经济联系起来”项目将结合社会科学家，包括生态学家在内的自然科学以及工程师和技术人员的专业知识，与沿海一线社区合作，这些社区在三个不同地理规模的三个流域中受到绿色经济活动的影响。目标是：1）共同创建沿海和上游社区之间对话和计划的包容性机制，以更好地寄托蓝色和绿色经济机会，并确定开发我们蓝绿色加速器平台的新合作伙伴； 2）表征沿海和上游社区之间的联系和动态，并确定蓝色和绿色经济的权衡，包括其他相关的权衡，例如水质，健康或运输连通性； 3）为原型平台开发选择少数信息集，并确定与前线社区相关的自然和社会过程之间的联系，4）提供与社区共同开发和与跨线社区的使用相关的科学信息和社区的使用。项目目标将通过三个案例研究实现：a）坦帕湾流域水质改善，这是公认的成功故事； b）在美属维尔京群岛的盐河河口，这是一个较小的河口，由于上游的土地发展而承受着巨大压力； c）一项针对墨西哥北部沿海社区的国家规模研究，需要在密西西比河流域采取行动。该项目涉及国家工程学院管理氮循环，隔离碳以及恢复和改善城市基础设施的巨大挑战，以及环境工程的五个巨大挑战，尤其是促进知情决策和行动的挑战。 13个成员研究团队（6名妇女和3名代表性不足的少数族裔）代表了两个来自南部和中西部的大型学术机构，其中包括跨学科的食品能源 - 能源 - 水系统国家研究训练计划（南佛罗里达大学和爱荷华大学），爱荷华大学和一项国家河口计划（坦帕湾河口计划）（坦帕湾河口计划），一个地方政府和一项宣传部门，以及一项不可接受的群岛，以及一项遍布自然岛屿的跨国公司，以及遍布自然岛的范围）海洋科学（海洋科学中的黑色）。该项目的纪律专业知识包括人类学，民用与环境工程，电气工程和海洋科学的研究人员和从业人员，以及涵盖政策，社区参与研究，人种学研究，渔业动力学，跨学科教育，大数据，遥感，遥感，现场监测以及公共教育和露面的人员。多样性，公平和包容性的原则将指导所有项目活动。三个主要的讲习班与潜水员利益相关者和针对性流域的现场访问将导致有价值的产出（报告，多媒体，系统动态模型，论文），这些产品将通过会议和社区演讲以及各种合作伙伴的传播途径进行传播。将完成研讨会参与者的招聘，以确保美国各地的潜水员观点，包括早期职业科学家和前线社区成员的观点。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务。