How Can Interdisciplinary Teams Leverage Emerging Technologies to Respond to Transportation Infrastructure Needs? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Civil Engineers, Urban Planning, and Social Workers� Perspectives
| 项目名称： | How Can Interdisciplinary Teams Leverage Emerging Technologies to Respond to Transportation Infrastructure Needs? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Civil Engineers, Urban Planning, and Social Workers� Perspectives |
| 摘要： | This study seeks to explore how engineers, planners, and social workers interact around issues of transportation and transportation equity and to identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration and training in anticipation of emerging transportation needs for environmental justice (EJ) populations. This study will lay the foundation for future educational research, identify strategies for using two Android apps (Safe Activity and My Amble) developed at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), and identify opportunities for collaborative solutions within the state-of-the-practice. The study will assess the current level of knowledge amongst professionals (engineers, planners, and social workers) about the training needs of the other professions under investigation and their own preparation for collaborating across disciplines in order to improve transportation equity for EJ populations. The study also seeks to identify the benefits and strategies for engineers, planners, and social workers in collaboration on transportation infrastructure and policy decisions. This study uses a mixed-methods, sequential exploratory design to gather information from engineers, planners, and social workers through qualitative and subsequent quantitative data collection methods. This two-phase design will include: (1) focus groups to identify common themes of collaboration around app technologies, which will (2) inform the creation of a quantitative survey that allows us to measure the extent of agreement about these themes across the three groups. The research team will use the results to develop specific recommendations for enhancing inter-disciplinary collaboration around transportation equity for EJ populations. The research team also expects this study to provide the background for developing a cross-disciplinary course between the UTA College of Engineering and the School of Social Work to address transportation equity and activity scheduling of EJ populations. |
| 状态： | Active |
| 资金： | 40000 |
| 资助组织： | University of Texas at Arlington |
| 管理组织： | TREC at Portland State University |
| 项目负责人： | Hagedorn, Hau |
| 执行机构： | University of Texas at Arlington |
| 主要研究人员： | Cronley, Courtney |
| 开始时间： | 20171101 |
| 预计完成日期： | 20190131 |
| 实际结束时间： | 0 |
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