US-South Africa Workshop: Space, Race and Urban Development; Durban, South Africa, August 2002

0138349 Abler/Gaile/Aspas该奖项资助30名参加者（15名来自美国，15名来自南非共和国）参加定于2002年8月8日至10日在南非德班举行的美国-南非空间、种族和城市发展讲习班。 共同组织者是美国地理学家协会国际研究和学术交流委员会的罗纳德·阿布勒、加里·盖尔和海伦·阿斯帕斯博士;威特沃特斯兰德大学地理与环境研究系的克里斯托弗·罗杰森博士;以及罗兹大学地理系的艾蒂安·内尔博士。 将有来自美国、南非共和国、加拿大和联合王国的学术界和政府组织的共计约38名与会者参加。 研讨会将围绕三个主题进行讨论：1）城市动态，2）地方经济发展，3）种族和空间。 研讨会的主要目标是建立在美国和南非共和国的地理社区之间的联系，以发展合作研究和教育计划。 另一个目标是确定地理学家可以帮助政策制定者做出更好的、基于科学的决策的方法，以促进民主和公平的经济/城市系统的可持续性。美国也经历了许多与“空间、种族和城市发展”问题有关的变化，但这些变化和重大政策转变在南非共和国发生得更快。 南非不断变化的城市状况为美国地理学家提供了一个对比和比较两国城市状况的机会。 与此同时，南非地理学家和政策制定者将能够学习美国在更主流的地方经济和其他城市发展问题上的经验。 将在讲习班前一周通过电子邮件举行一次虚拟会议，使与会者能够熟悉议程，并开始为合作研究项目提出一些想法。 讲习班的成果将通过专业刊物、会议和网站传播，该项目支助来自美国的五名初级调查员参加。国际科学与工程办公室和行为与认知科学部共同支持该奖项。

0138349Abler/Gaile/AspaasThis award supports 30 participants (15 from the United States and 15 from the Republic of South Africa) in a US-South Africa Workshop on Space, Race and Urban Development, scheduled for August 8-10, 2002 in Durban, South Africa. The co-organizers are Drs. Ronald Abler, Gary Gaile, and Helen Aspaas with the International Research and Scholarly Exchange Committee in the Association of American Geographers; Dr. Christopher Rogerson, in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Witswatersrand; and Dr. Etienne Nel, in the Department of Geography at Rhodes University. There will be a total of approximately 38 participants, who will be drawn from academia and governmental organizations in the United States, the Republic of South Africa, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Workshop discussions will be organized around three themes: 1) Urban Dynamics, 2) Local Economic Development, and 3) Race and Space. The major goal of the workshop is to establish linkages between the geography communities in the United States and the Republic of South Africa for the development of collaborative research and education programs. An additional goal is to identify ways that geographers can help policymakers make better, scientifically-based decisions in order to contribute to the sustainability of democratic and fair economic/urban systems.The United States has also experienced many changes that can be linked to the issues of "Space, Race, and Urban Development," but these changes and major policy shifts have occurred much more rapidly in the Republic of South Africa. This changing urban situation in South Africa provides US geographers an opportunity to contrast and compare the urban situations in the two countries. At the same time South African geographers and policymakers will be able to learn from US experiences in more mainstream local economic and other urban development issues. A virtual conference will be conducted, via e-mail, one week prior to the workshop so the participants can become familiar with the agenda and begin to develop some ideas for cooperative research projects. Workshop results will be disseminated through professional journals, meetings, and a web site.The project supports the participation of five junior investigators from the United States. The Office of International Science and Engineering and the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences jointly support this award.