Pathways to Urban Sustainability Research and Development on Urban Systems: Summary of a Workshop (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Thus a key challenge for the 21st century is this: How can we develop sustainable urban systems that provide healthy, safe and affordable environments for the growing number of Americans living in cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas? Organization of the Workshop An expert planning committee was appointed by the National Research Council to organize a workshop that would explore the landscape of urban sustainability research programs in the United States.
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This document offers a broad contextual summary of workshop presentations and discussions for distribution to federal agencies, regional organizations, academic institutions, think tanks and other groups engaged in urban research. The planning committee developed an agenda to address topical concerns that cut across the concerns of individual institutions.
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A Role for Research Many participants, especially those working in academia and government agencies, emphasized the need to apply science not only to understand the key issues shaping urban and suburban growth across the country, but also to devise effective solutions. Members of the Obama administration speaking at the conference expressed uncompromising support for "evidence-based decision making" and the importance that research findings should play in shaping policies.
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Cities as incubators While many of the presenters were from federal agencies and prominent think tanks and universities, the call for placing the nation's cities on a more sustainable path emphasized the need for place-based solutions and leaned towards bottom-up instead of top-down approaches. Several participants noted that the federal government has started to encourage some of this place-based experimentation, by creating incentives to link housing and transportation planning in urban areas.
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EPA EPA DHS DHS GPEC Mission AIR AIR Local Agencie Agencies ADEQ Agencies ADOC DOC DOC MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING NOAA NOAA MAG SFAz DOL DOL ADOT ADOA CLIMATE CLIMATE DOT DOT NASA NASA TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION USFS USFS BLM BLM FORESTS FORESTS USDA USDA LAND LAND AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE USE USE Figure 1 Alignment of federal (left) and state/local (right)
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This in turn can empower decision makers to implement innovative practices or experiment with a new approach.
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