CIVIC-FA Track A: Codeveloping local flood thresholds and high tide flooding predictions with community science and innovative technology

CIVIC-FA 轨道 A：与社区科学和创新技术共同开发当地洪水阈值和高潮洪水预测

• 批准号: 2321506
• 负责人: David Reidmiller
• 金额: $ 99.7万
• 依托单位: Gulf of Maine Research Institute
• 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: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2321506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CIVIC; FA; Track; Codeveloping; local

This Civic Innovation Challenge is jointly funded by the Division of Ocean Science and the Office of the Assistant Director in the Directorate for Geosciences and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). The research addresses the increase in sea level and coastal flooding, that is affecting Maine’s coastal communities, to enhance their resilience to climate change impacts. Near and long-term flood projections, that combine local observations of water level and flood impacts, are critical to communities’ abilities to adapt to the new climate and sea level reality. Nationally, sea level rise adaptation-research commonly focuses on urban centers where the greatest losses in property value occur. Rural coastal communities, however, face unique adaptation challenges due to their remoteness, isolation from central planning agencies, limited resources, and intergenerational poverty. According to the US Census Bureau, Maine is the most rural state in the US with only 11% of its municipalities having a town planner. The absence of a local planner or insufficient to no regional planning support affects 72% of these communities. To help these communities, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute leads a team of civic, community, education, and industry partners in co-designing and building social and technological infrastructure to expand the collection of local tidal flooding data and leverage it to build resilience in small and rural Maine coastal communities. Partners include four coastal Maine communities where low-cost tide gauges will be installed to collect local water levels in flood prone areas. The project will also support local capacity development to run and sustain a community science program that collects geo- and time-referenced observations of local flood events and impacts, develop data products for use by the community, and provide mini-grants to leverage the new data to support ongoing flood resilience projects. An integral component of the work is the engagement of local youth by piloting a three-part curriculum that includes participation in the community science program and working with local municipal leaders on climate adaptation. Localized and co-developed data supporting coastal flood resilience will provide information that is foundational to multi-dimensional, multi-sector, climate adaptation planning issues faced by a broad array of community stakeholders. The project will also involve and train a female postdoc and two early-career project staff, contributing to a new generation of resilience researchers and practitioners who can work collaboratively with civic leaders and community members.The CIVIC Innovation Challenge is a collaboration with Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and the National Science Foundation. Sea level rise has created a situation of routine flooding in many of Maine’s coastal communities. Such flood projections that combine local observations of water level and flood impacts are essential for communities to adapt to this new reality. Maine faces significant barriers to building coastal flood resilience due to sparse tide gauge coverage combined with observation-based flood thresholds and the absence of a network of researchers, civic leaders, engaged community members (particularly youth), and resilience practitioners ready to leverage such data to support coastal planning and resilience. To address this need, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute has assembled a team of civic, community, education, and industry partners to create social and technology infrastructure that expands critical coastal flooding data and leverages it to help with community resilience. The pilot project will be initiated in four coastal Maine communities (Portland, Boothbay Harbor, St. George, and Machias) that are experiencing regular flooding and that have a range of demographics and municipal capacities. Research questions to be addressed include: What is the optimal location for tide gauges so they can inform resilience planning at the municipal scale? Can a well-structured community science program yield data that supports resilience activities and catalyzes community engagement, particularly among youth, to drive flood adaptation? Project success relies on partnering with community organizations to develop local capacity for running and sustaining coastal flooding community science programs that collect geo- and time-referenced flood impact data. This is done by working with youth and creating a three-part science curriculum with middle and high school teachers who will pilot it in their classes. Goals are to develop students' conceptual understanding of the science and physical drivers of coastal flooding, have them participate in collecting and contributing data to the coastal flooding community science program, and support their participation in a facilitated coastal resilience learning exercise alongside adult community member mentors. The science team will use data and information obtained through this approach to develop and provide customized data products. It will also issue community mini-grants that support ongoing flood resilience projects in each targeted community.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.

这项公民创新挑战是由海洋科学系和地球科学局助理主任办公室共同资助的，刺激竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCOR）。这项研究涉及海平面和沿海洪水的增加，这正在影响缅因州的沿海社区，以增强其对气候变化影响的韧性。近期和长期洪水预测，结合了当地的水位和洪水影响，这对于社区适应新气候和海平面现实的能力至关重要。在全国范围内，海平面上升适应研究通常集中于城市中心，在财产价值发生的最大损失中。然而，由于沿海地区的偏远地区，与中央规划机构的隔离，有限的资源和代际贫困，乡村沿海社区面临着独特的适应挑战。根据美国人口普查局的说法，缅因州是美国最粗糙的州，其市政当局中只有11％的城市规划师。没有本地规划师或不足的没有区域计划支持会影响这些社区的72％。为了帮助这些社区，缅因州研究所的海湾领导了一个由公民，社区，教育和行业合作伙伴组成的团队，共同设计和建立社会和技术基础设施，以扩大当地潮汐洪水数据的收集，并利用其在缅因州沿海社区中建立韧性。合作伙伴包括四个沿海缅因州社区，将安装低成本的潮汐仪，以在容易发生的地区收集当地水位。该项目还将支持当地能力开发，以运行和维持一项社区科学计划，该计划收集对当地洪水事件和影响的地理和时间引用的观察，开发数据产品以供社区使用，并提供小额赠款以利用新数据来支持正在进行的洪水弥补项目。这项工作不可或缺的组成部分是当地青年的参与，试行了三部分的课程，其中包括参与社区科学计划并与当地文化领导者合作进行气候适应。局部和共同开发的数据支持沿海洪水弹性将提供有关多维，多维，气候适应计划问题的基础信息。该项目还将参与和培训一名女性博士后和两名早期职业项目人员，为新一代的韧性研究人员和从业人员做出了贡献，这些研究人员和从业人员可以与公民领导者和社区成员合作。公民创新挑战赛是与国土安全部和国家科学基金会的能源部合作。海平面上升造成了许多缅因州沿海社区常规洪水的局势。这样的洪水项目结合了当地对水位和洪水影响的观察，对于社区适应这一新现实至关重要。缅因州由于潮湿量规的覆盖范围稀疏，基于观察的洪水阈值以及缺乏研究人员，公民领导者，订婚社区成员（尤其是青年）以及准备好利用此类数据来支持沿海计划和弹性的网络，因此面临着重大障碍。为了满足这一需求，缅因州研究所的海湾汇集了一个由公民，社区，教育和行业合作伙伴组成的团队，以创建社会和技术基础设施，以扩大关键的沿海洪水数据并利用其帮助社区弹性。试点项目将在缅因州的四个沿海社区（波特兰，布斯贝港，圣乔治和马基亚斯）中启动，这些社区正在经历定期洪水，并且具有一系列人口统计和市政能力。要解决的研究问题包括：潮汐仪的最佳位置是什么，以便他们可以在文化规模上告知弹性计划？结构良好的社区科学计划能否产生支持弹性活动并促进社区参与的数据，尤其是在青年中，以推动洪水适应？项目的成功依靠与社区组织合作，以开发当地运行和维持沿海洪水的社区科学计划，以收集地理和时间参考的洪水影响数据。这是通过与青年合作并与中学和高中老师一起创建三部分的科学课程来完成的，他们将在课堂上试行它。目标是发展学生对沿海洪水的科学和身体驱动因素的概念理解，让他们参与收集和贡献数据为沿海洪水社区科学计划，并支持他们与成人社区成员成人成人社区成员导师一起参加准备的沿海弹性学习运动。科学团队将使用通过这种方法获得的数据和信息来开发和提供定制的数据产品。它还将发布社区迷你奖励，以支持每个目标社区中正在进行的洪水弹性项目。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被视为珍贵的支持。