Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

国家研究理事会(NRC)于1997年设立了地理科学委员会(GSC)，因为以空间和地点为基础的人类-环境科学方法已证明其在解决重大社会和环境专题方面日益重要。这一奖项重申了对GSC的核心支持，GSC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和发起这些组织之间的合作研究计划来促进国际合作；(3)在与地理有关的所有问题上向国家科学院(NAS)提供建议，特别是在涉及国际组织、方案和研究的问题上向NAS外交秘书提供建议；以及(4)担任美国驻国际地理联盟(IGU)的正式联络人，促进和便利美国地理学家参与IGU。GSC通过开展专题研究和举行会议来开展工作。GSC计划在不久的将来进行的研究包括：测量社区复原力，这是NOAA海岸服务中心最初要求的研究；灾难后的社区恢复：研讨会，最初应国土安全部的要求举办的研讨会；以及对非洲艾滋病毒/艾滋病危机的战略反应：地理空间工具分析，这是美国国务院最初要求的研究。对GSC的持续支持将使该小组能够继续推动地理学家和相关科学家在美国和国际上通过政府间小组的一系列背景下发挥的作用。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：地理科学未来十年的战略方向；估计面临自然灾害和复杂人道主义危机风险的人口的工具和方法；土地遥感对有关粮食安全和人类健康的决策的贡献；以及学会空间思考：地理信息系统作为K-12课程中的一个支持系统。该委员会还将继续提高政府间小组的效力，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.