Conference: CAS Climate: Synthesizing and assessing wholistic urban climate solutions in Texas

会议：CAS 气候：综合和评估德克萨斯州的整体城市气候解决方案

• 批准号: 2232533
• 负责人: Yangyang Xu
• 金额: $ 4.27万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 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 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2232533&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; CAS; Climate; Synthesizing; assessing

Urban populations and associated infrastructure continue to grow globally amidst the increasing risk of extreme heat, rainfall, and flooding, especially in high hazard regions and vulnerable areas. A wholistic understanding and assessment of our current state of knowledge on urban climate is thus greatly needed. A multi-day workshop will be conducted in Summer 2023 at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. The main theme of the workshop is to develop a research agenda for holistic urban solutions in response to climate change, using the fast-growing Texas as the case. A synthesis report on Texas urban climate will be produced and distributed to stakeholders to catalyze interdisciplinary efforts and facilitate real-world actions. The strong synthesis of knowledge and practices is crucial to guide future urban development strategies, environmental regulation, and adaptation recommendations to advance climate and environmental justice in both large cities and small towns. Developing resilient human settlements responding to climate change needs an integrated framework and interdisciplinary actions. The workshop will discuss the high-impact urban climate solutions in Texas, including adaptation and mitigation measures, and to plot a course forward for further research and application. The enhanced communication and collaboration among different research fields such as atmospheric sciences, urban planning, geography, public health, economics, civil engineering, computer science, etc., will enable the research community to efficiently and ethically tackle pressing climate and sustainability challenges facing people and urban system in coming decades.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.

在极端高温、降雨和洪水风险日益增加的情况下，全球城市人口和相关基础设施持续增长，特别是在高危地区和脆弱地区。因此，非常需要对我们当前的城市气候知识状况进行全面的理解和评估。为期多天的研讨会将于 2023 年夏季在德克萨斯州大学城的德克萨斯 A&M 大学举办。研讨会的主题是以快速发展的德克萨斯州为例，制定应对气候变化的整体城市解决方案的研究议程。将制作一份关于德克萨斯州城市气候的综合报告并将其分发给利益相关者，以促进跨学科的努力并促进现实世界的行动。知识和实践的紧密结合对于指导未来的城市发展战略、环境监管和适应建议至关重要，以促进大城市和小城镇的气候和环境正义。发展应对气候变化的弹性人类住区需要综合框架和跨学科行动。研讨会将讨论德克萨斯州高影响力的城市气候解决方案，包括适应和缓解措施，并为进一步研究和应用制定前进方向。加强大气科学、城市规划、地理学、公共卫生、经济学、土木工程、计算机科学等不同研究领域之间的交流与合作，将使研究界能够高效、合乎道德地应对人类面临的紧迫气候和可持续发展挑战该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。