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Sustainable Health - A New Vision for Programming JONATHAN FINK
1. Urban-serving universities’ role in
building green, healthy, equitable cities
Global Health Practitioner Conference
May 19, 2016
Jonathan Fink
Vice President for Research and Strategic Partnerships
Portland State University
2. Takeaways
• Portland historically polluted and intolerant
• Public policy and citizen engagement “greened” the city
• Urban-serving university ideal partner for city
• Wide range of university-city sustainability collaborations
• Parallels between sustainability and global health goals
8. 2050 Goal: 80% Reduction
No city yet knows how to get to “80 by 50” goal
9. Portland State University (PSU)
Oregon’s Urban-Serving University
Student body: 1st Generation, diverse, professional
Research: Applied, partnership-focused, targeted
Partners: OHSU (Medical School), Portland, Intel
Motto: “Let Knowledge Serve the City”
10. How can cities and universities
jointly advance climate goals?
1. Portland Climate Action Collaborative
2. Urban Sustainability Accelerator
3. Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative
4. First Stop Portland
5. US DOT’s Smart City Challenge
City and University set and fund a joint agenda
11. 1. Portland Climate Action Collaborative
Two foundations gave PSU and City
$300K to study:
• Heat island mapping
• Ecosystem services
• Localized air quality
• Regional food systems
• Climate action economics
12. 2. Urban Sustainability Accelerator Program
• Reps of smaller cities come to Portland and PSU
• Multi-sector teams address 2-3 key problems
• Create growing, durable, theme-based network
• Funded by foundations and cities
Wichita
Waco
Louisville
Portland
Elk Grove
Rancho Cordova
Sacramento County
El Paso
Las Cruces
Auburn
Duluth
15. 5. U.S. D.O.T. “Smart City Challenge”
• Can tech help cities meet equity & climate goals?
• $40M federal plus $10M from Paul Allen’s Vulcan
• Portland one of seven finalists (due 5/24/16)
• PSU provides Portland with research clout
16. Universities, cities, and climate:
Challenges
• City officials don’t expect academics to be helpful
• Cities and universities both tend to be parochial
• Faculty don’t always get “credit” for applied problems
• No lobby “owns” urban sustainability research agenda
• Grant funding for urban problems has been lacking
17. Universities, cities, and climate:
Opportunities
• Universities can provide labor, ideas, funding
• City can provide applied problems
• Students want practical experience
• University campuses can be climate laboratories
• Universities well-networked
• U.S. federal agencies now funding urban projects