Workshop on Integrated Assessment; Washington, DC; July 9-11, 1998

美国地理学家协会(AAG)将于7月9日至11日在华盛顿特区组织和主办一次约有100人参加的关于综合评估(IA)的研讨会，目的是：突出与实地综合评估有关的研究进展；让相关科学界的研究人员参与讨论综合评估在全球变化中的作用和其他基础科学研究课题；讨论综合评估在实现美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)目标方面的作用；ANDO就综合评估和相关领域的联邦研究投资的未来向科学界征求建议。研讨会将有助于回答与IA研究的未来方向及其在帮助实现USGCRP目标方面的明确作用有关的问题。会议将通过聚集参与USGCRP赞助的IA研究的研究人员和科学家、联邦科学家和项目经理以及从事相关专业工作的科学界成员来满足这一需求。研讨会很重要，特别是考虑到过去联邦政府对综合评估研究的赞助，以及需要更准确地定义综合评估在联邦投资组合中的作用。这次研讨会对USGCRP特别有价值，它现在在进行与全球环境变化有关的评估方面发挥着直接作用

AbstractATM-9814002Abler, Ronald F.Association of American GeographersTitle: Workshop on Integrated Assessment, July 9-11, 1998; Washington D.C.The Association of American Geographers (AAG) will organize and host a workshop of approximately one hundred participants on Integrated Assessment (IA) in Washington, D.C. on 9-11 July to: o highlight research progress related to the field Integrated Assessment;o involve researchers from related scientific communities in discussions of the role of integrated assessment in global change and other topics of basic science inquiry;o discuss the role of integrated assessment in meeting the goals of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP); ando solicit recommendations from the scientific community on the future of federal research investments in integrated assessment and related fields.The workshop will help answer questions related to future directions for IA research and its explicit role in helping to meet USGCRP goals. The meeting will meet that need by drawing together researchers and scientists who have been involved in USGCRP-sponsored IA research, federal scientists and program managers, and members of the scientific community working in related specialties. The workshop is important, especially given past federal sponsorship of Integrated Assessment research and the need to define more precisely a role for Integrated Assessment in the federal investment portfolio. The workshop will be especially valuable for the USGCRP, which now plays a direct role its role in conducting assessments related to global environmental changes