2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference

March 13 - 15, 2022

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5/25/2021  |   8:30 AM - 10:30 AM   |  Community-centric urban stream renewal: lessons learned from SUSE5   |  Virtual Platform

Community-centric urban stream renewal: lessons learned from SUSE5

Urban streams can provide both amenities and disamenities to people living in cities. Governments and institutions invest resources to improve the values and services provided by urban streams. However, the conception, development, and implementation of such projects often does not include meaningful involvement of community members and other stakeholders. As a consequence, project objectives may be misaligned with community desires and needs, and projects may be perceived as failures. The 5th Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology in Austin, TX in February 2020 aimed to explore new approaches to urban stream projects, including ways to maximize co-benefits, and better integrate community members. The outcomes of this meeting, which included four field case studies, cross-discipline urban stream expertise from five continents, and input from the Austin community, have been aggregated into a conceptual model that challenges the traditional approach to urban stream management. Institutional barriers to community inclusion were identified and analyzed using real-world examples, which clarified power, equity, and values disparities that must systematically be addressed before solutions take shape. Stakeholders and community members must be integrated throughout the process to effectively identify appropriate goals and co-benefits of stream restoration.

  • Interdisciplinary
  • Socio-ecological systems
  • Inclusivity

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Mateo Scoggins (), City of Austin, mateo.scoggins@austintexas.gov;


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