Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

国家研究理事会于1997年设立了一个地理科学委员会，因为以空间和地点为基础的人类-环境科学方法已证明在解决重大社会和环境问题方面越来越重要。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社会问题;（2）通过与其他国家地理组织的联络，促进国际合作，并在这些组织之间发起合作研究计划;（3）就有关地理的所有事项向国家科学院（NAS）提供建议，特别是就有关国际组织、计划和研究的事项向国家科学院外交部长提供建议;（4）作为美国与国际地理学联合会（IGU）的官方联络人，促进和便利美国地理学家参与IGU。全球指导委员会通过开展特别研究和召开会议开展工作。GSC将确定满足地理科学界需求的研究课题，并将2010年NRC题为“未来十年地理科学战略方向”的报告中的建议纳入GSC议程。 全球气候变化指导委员会将通过确定与健康有关的研究轨道来处理这两个项目;全球气候变化的人的方面;以及全球经济衰退在美国社会重组中的作用。对GSC的持续支持将使该组织能够将学术界、私营部门和政府研究人员，通过圆桌会议和研究，将地理科学领域的专家和决策者聚集在一起，就地理科学领域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制定愿景。 GSC的活动将使地理科学能够直接为国家一级的公共政策提供信息。 该委员会还将推动地理学家和相关科学家在美国和国际地理联盟的一系列背景下发挥作用。

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.