Collaborative Research: REU Site: The Socio-Ecological Role of Greenways in Urban Systems - An Interdisciplinary Approach

合作研究：REU 站点：绿道在城市系统中的社会生态作用 - 跨学科方法

• 批准号: 2149909
• 负责人: DeAnna Beasley
• 金额: $ 26.45万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Chattanooga
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2149909&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; REU; Site; Socio

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). The REU program has both scientific and societal benefits integrating research and education. This REU Site award to University of Tennessee Chattanooga, located in Chattanooga, TN, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Edwardsville, IL, will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks for three years. Research is conducted at Chattanooga, TN, Edwardsville, IL, and Cleveland, TN. It is anticipated that a total of 30 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or from an under-represented group, will be trained in the program. Students will learn how policy decisions are made and how interdisciplinary research is conducted, with many presenting the results of their work at scientific conferences and to local policymakers and community stakeholders. The research will integrate greenway networks into the broader field of urban science and improve our understanding of the environmental and human associated impacts of greenway networks in urban areas. Assessment of the program will be done through the online SALG URSSA tool. Students will be tracked after the program in order to determine their career paths.The theme for this 3-year research experience focuses on enhancing environmental resilience and sustainability by examining the interaction between human and natural systems within urban greenway networks. The research is grounded in three fundamental questions: 1) What are the human and ecological drivers of microclimate? 2) What are the human usage patterns in urban greenway networks? 3) How can empirical evidence on urban greenway dynamics inform the broader scientific community and local community stakeholders on ways to mitigate environmental impacts and social disparities in cities? Students will work in interdisciplinary teams and assess how greenways vary based on social and ecological characteristics of the greenway in each respective city. Results from each team will be combined into a larger dataset which will be used to assess greenway characteristics in varying city sizes. The findings will be shared with community leaders and stakeholders to inform them of the current impacts of their greenway system and potential opportunities for expanding the greenway network. Students will learn and apply skills related to: biodiversity; data collection, analysis, and visualization; geographic information systems (GIS); and, evidence-based policymaking. These skills will then be used to better understand the human and biological drivers of microclimate variation within greenway networks and inform policymakers as to the best ways to mitigate environmental impacts and social disparities in order to create more resilient cities.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.

该项目是从社会，行为和经济科学局（SBE）的本科生（REU）网站计划（REU）站点计划中资助的。 REU计划具有整合研究和教育的科学和社会利益。田纳西大学查塔努加大学的REU网站奖，位于田纳西州查塔努加和伊利诺伊州爱德华兹维尔的伊利诺伊州爱德华兹维尔大学的南部伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔，将支持10周的10周学生培训三年。研究在田纳西州查塔努加，伊利诺伊州爱德华兹维尔和田纳西州克利夫兰进行。预计总共有30名学生，主要来自研究机会有限的学校或代表性不足的小组，将接受该计划的培训。学生将学习如何做出政策决策以及如何进行跨学科研究，许多人在科学会议上以及当地的决策者和社区利益相关者介绍了他们的工作结果。该研究将将绿道网络纳入更广泛的城市科学领域，并提高我们对绿道网络在城市地区的环境和人类相关影响的理解。该程序的评估将通过在线Salg Urssa工具进行。该计划将在计划之后进行跟踪，以确定自己的职业道路。这项为期3年的研究经验的主题着重于通过研究Urban Greenway网络中人类和自然系统之间的相互作用来增强环境的弹性和可持续性。这项研究基于三个基本问题：1）微气候的人类和生态驱动因素是什么？ 2）城市绿道网络中的人使用模式是什么？ 3）关于城市绿道动态的经验证据如何为更广泛的科学界和当地社区利益相关者提供减轻城市环境影响和社会差异的方法？学生将在跨学科团队中工作，并根据每个城市的绿道的社会和生态特征评估绿道的变化。每个团队的结果将合并为一个较大的数据集，该数据集将用于评估各种城市尺寸的绿道特征。这些发现将与社区领导者和利益相关者共享，以告知他们他们的绿道系统的当前影响以及扩大绿道网络的潜在机会。学生将学习和运用与以下方式相关的技能：生物多样性；数据收集，分析和可视化；地理信息系统（GIS）；以及基于证据的决策。然后，这些技能将用于更好地理解绿道网络中微气候变化的人类和生物学动力，并向决策者提供有关减轻环境影响和社会差异的最佳方法，以创建更有韧性的城市。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估基金会的智力效果和广泛的范围来审查，并通过评估范围和广泛的范围。