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由俄亥俄州立大学、波特兰州立大学、佐治亚理工学院和奥伯林学院与美国环境保护局(EPA)合作举办的弹性与可持续发展研讨会提供部分资金支持。研讨会将于2013年1月14日(星期一)与2013年1月15日至17日举行的国家科学与环境委员会(NCSE)年度会议同时举行，会议的总主题是？环境灾难、科学准备和抗灾能力。研讨会成果的要点将在NCSE会议的全体会议上介绍。本次研讨会的目的是召集来自不同领域的研究人员和实践者，研究经济、社会和生态系统中弹性的建模、评估和改进。通过促进跨学科思维和协作，研讨会旨在：(A)更全面地了解弹性和可持续系统的共同原则，以及(B)找出有用的方法或工具，以加强人与自然系统的复原力、可持续性和生产性和谐。这次研讨会将有助于理解生态洞察力和系统思维可以帮助人类企业和社区发展更大的韧性，以便预测意外、从中断中恢复并在应对外部压力时发展。将特别努力从在科学和工程领域任职人数不足的群体(如少数群体和妇女)招募发言者。会议将讨论环境正义和灾害应对公平政策等专题。

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.