Symposium on Resilience and Sustainability

1247729（克里滕登）。 该奖项为美国科学家和工程师参加复原力和可持续性研讨会提供部分资金支持，该研讨会由俄亥俄州州立大学、波特兰州立大学、格鲁吉亚理工学院和奥伯林学院的教师与美国环境保护署（EPA）合作组织。 研讨会将于2013年1月14日星期一举行，与国家科学与环境理事会（NCSE）年度会议于2013年1月15日至17日，其中有一个总主题？环境灾害、科学准备和复原力。 专题讨论会成果的要点将在NCSE会议的全体会议上介绍。本次研讨会的目的是召集来自各个领域的研究人员和从业人员，他们正在调查经济，社会和生态系统中的复原力的建模，评估和改善。 通过促进跨学科思维和协作，研讨会的目的是（a）对具有复原力和可持续系统的共同原则形成更全面的理解，（B）确定有用的方法或工具，以加强人类和自然系统的复原力、可持续性和富有成效的和谐。 本次研讨会将有助于理解生态见解和系统思维可以帮助人类企业和社区发展更大的弹性，以预测意外，从中断中恢复，并在应对外部压力时发展。将特别努力从科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体（例如，少数民族和妇女）。将讨论环境正义和公平的救灾政策问题。

1247729 (Crittenden). This award provides partial financial support for the participation of U.S. scientists and engineers in the Symposium on Resilience and Sustainability that is being organized by faculty at Ohio State University, Portland State University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Oberlin College in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The symposium will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013 in conjunction with the National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE) annual conference on January 15-17, 2013, which has an overall theme of ?Environmental Disasters, Science Preparedness and Resilience.? Highlights of the symposium results will be presented in a plenary session at the NCSE conference. The purpose of this symposium is to convene researchers and practitioners from a variety of fields that are investigating the modeling, assessment, and improvement of resilience in economic, social, and ecological systems. By stimulating trans-disciplinary thinking and collaboration, the symposium aims to (a) develop a more integrated understanding of common principles of resilient and sustainable systems, and (b) identify useful approaches or tools for enhancing the resilience, sustainability, and productive harmony of human and natural systems. This symposium will contribute to the understanding that ecological insights and systems thinking can help human enterprises and communities to develop greater resilience in order to anticipate surprises, recover from disruptions, and evolve in response to external pressures. Special efforts will be made to recruit speakers from groups that are underrepresented in science and engineering (e.g., minorities and women). The topics of environmental justice and equitable policies for disaster response will be addressed.