Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

NRC 地理科学委员会的核心支持

• 批准号: 0939614
• 负责人: Mark David Lange
• 金额: $ 31.5万
• 依托单位: National Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-15 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0939614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Core; Support; NRC; Geographical; Sciences

The National Research Council (NRC) established a Geographical Sciences Committee (GSC) in 1997 because spatial and place-based approaches to human-environment science had demonstrated themselves to be of increasing importance in addressing major societal and environmental topics. This award renews core support for the GSC, which has as its mission: (1) to bring the theories and perspectives of the geographical sciences to bear on society's problems; (2) to foster international cooperation by serving as a liaison to other national geographical organizations and initiating collaborative research programs among those organizations; (3) to provide advice to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on all matters pertaining to geography, especially to the NAS Foreign Secretary on matters concerning international organizations, programs, and research; and (4) to serve as the official U.S. Liaison to the International Geographical Union (IGU) and promote and facilitate participation of U.S. geographers in the IGU. The GSC undertakes its work through the conduct of special studies and through meetings. Studies that the GSC plans to undertake in the near future include Measuring Community Resilience, a study initially requested by the NOAA Coastal Services Center; Community Restoration in the Aftermath of a Disaster: A Workshop, a workshop initially requested by the Department of Homeland Security; and Strategic Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa: Geospatial Tools for Analysis, a study initially requested by the U.S. Department of State.Continued support for the GSC will enable this group to continue to advance the role that geographers and related scientists play in a range of contexts in the U.S. and internationally through the IGU. The committee will continue to oversee studies like the recently completed studies that produced the following reports: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade; Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises; Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health; and Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum. The committee also will continue to improve the effectiveness of the IGU and to promote the effective participation of U.S. geographers in the activities of the IGU.

国家研究理事会于1997年设立了一个地理科学委员会，因为以空间和地点为基础的人类-环境科学方法已证明在解决重大社会和环境问题方面越来越重要。 该奖项重申了对地理科学委员会的核心支持，该委员会的使命是：（1）将地理科学的理论和观点应用于社会问题;（2）通过与其他国家地理组织的联络，促进国际合作，并在这些组织之间发起合作研究计划;（3）就有关地理的所有事项向国家科学院（NAS）提供建议，特别是就有关国际组织、计划和研究的事项向国家科学院外交部长提供建议;（4）作为美国与国际地理学联合会（IGU）的官方联络人，促进和便利美国地理学家参与IGU。 全球指导委员会通过开展特别研究和召开会议开展工作。 GSC计划在不久的将来进行的研究包括：衡量社区复原力，这是最初由NOAA海岸服务中心要求进行的研究;灾后社区恢复：一个讲习班，这是最初由国土安全部要求进行的讲习班;以及对非洲艾滋病毒/艾滋病危机的战略反应：地理空间分析工具，对GSC的持续支持将使该小组能够继续推进地理学家和相关科学家在美国和欧洲的一系列背景下发挥的作用。国际上通过IGU。 该委员会将继续监督最近完成的研究，这些研究产生了以下报告：地理科学在未来十年的战略方向;评估自然灾害和复杂人道主义危机风险人口的工具和方法;土地遥感对粮食安全和人类健康决策的贡献;以及学习空间思维：GIS作为K-12课程的支持系统。委员会还将继续提高IGU的有效性，并促进美国地理学家有效参与IGU的活动。