Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

国家研究委员会（NRC）于1997年成立了地理科学委员会（GSC），因为基于空间和地点的人类环境科学方法在解决重大社会和环境问题方面已经证明了自己越来越重要。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解决社会问题；(2)通过与其他国家地理组织的联络和发起这些组织之间的合作研究项目，促进国际合作；(3)就与地理有关的所有事项向美国科学院（NAS）提供建议，特别是就与国际组织、项目和研究有关的事项向美国科学院外交秘书提供建议；(4)担任美国与国际地理联盟（IGU）的官方联络人，促进和促进美国地理学家参与国际地理联盟。总务委员会通过进行特别研究和召开会议的方式开展工作。GSC计划在不久的将来进行的研究包括测量社区恢复力，一项最初由NOAA海岸服务中心要求的研究；灾后社区重建：研讨会，最初由国土安全部要求举办的研讨会；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》，这项研究最初是应美国国务院的要求进行的。对GSC的持续支持将使该组织能够继续推进地理学家和相关科学家在美国和国际上通过IGU在一系列背景下发挥的作用。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：未来十年地理科学的战略方向；估计受自然灾害和复杂人道主义危机影响的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学习空间思考：地理信息系统在K-12课程中的支持系统。委员会还将继续提高政府间小组的效率，并促进美国地理学家有效参与政府间小组的活动。

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.