Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

NRC 地理科学委员会的核心支持

• 批准号: 1263531
• 负责人: Kara Laney
• 金额: $ 33万
• 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: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2016-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1263531&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. The GSC will identify study topics that will meet the needs of the geographical sciences community and incorporate the recommendations of the 2010 NRC report titled "Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade" into the GSC agenda. The GSC will address both these items through the identification of study tracks related to health; human dimensions of global climate change; and the global recession's role in the restructuring of American society.Continued support for the GSC will enable this group to bring academics, private sector and government researchers, and policy makers together through roundtables and studies to reach consensus on the most challenging and significant issues in the geographical sciences. The GSC provides a forum to enable geographers to make assessments on the current state of the science and develop a vision for future research directions. GSC activities will enable the geographic sciences in directly inform public policy at the national level. The committee also will advance the role that geographers and related scientists play in a range of contexts in the U.S. and internationally through the International Geographical Union.

国家研究委员会（NRC）于1997年成立了一个地理科学委员会（GSC），因为人类环境科学的空间和基于地点的方法表明，在解决主要社会和环境主题方面，人们对自己的重要性越来越重要。该奖项更新了对GSC的核心支持，该奖项具有其任务：（1）将地理科学的理论和观点带入社会问题； （2）通过与其他国家地理组织的联络并启动这些组织之间的合作研究计划来促进国际合作； （3）向美国国家科学院（NAS）提供有关与地理有关的所有事项的建议，特别是与NAS外交大臣有关国际组织，计划和研究的事项； （4）作为国际地理联盟（IGU）的美国官方联络，并促进和促进美国地理学家参与IGU。 GSC通过进行特殊研究和会议进行工作。 GSC将确定将满足地理科学社区需求的研究主题，并纳入2010年NRC报告的建议，标题为“未来十年的地理科学战略方向”。 GSC将通过识别与健康相关的研究轨道来解决这两个项目；全球气候变化的人类维度；全球经济衰退在美国社会的重组中的作用。对GSC的支持将使该小组能够通过圆桌会议和研究将学者，私营部门和政府研究人员和政策制定者聚集在一起，以就地理科学中最具挑战性和最重要的问题达成共识。 GSC提供了一个论坛，使地理学家能够对科学的现状进行评估，并为未来的研究方向发展愿景。 GSC活动将使地理科学能够直接在国家一级告知公共政策。 该委员会还将推进地理学家和相关科学家在美国和国际地理联盟在国际上的一系列情况下发挥的作用。