Core Support for the NRC Geographical Sciences Committee

国家研究委员会（NRC）于1997年成立了地理科学委员会（GSC），因为基于空间和地点的人类环境科学方法在解决重大社会和环境问题方面已经证明了自己越来越重要。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解决社会问题；(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项目，促进国际合作；(3)就与地理有关的所有事项向美国科学院（NAS）提供建议，特别是就与国际组织、项目和研究有关的事项向美国科学院外交秘书提供建议；(4)担任美国与国际地理联盟（IGU）的官方联络人，促进和便利美国地理学家参与国际地理联盟。总务委员会通过进行特别研究和召开会议的方式开展工作。GSC将确定能够满足地理科学界需求的研究课题，并将2010年NRC报告中题为“未来十年地理科学战略方向”的建议纳入GSC议程。全球服务委员会将通过确定与卫生有关的研究方向来处理这两个项目；人类对全球气候变化的影响；以及全球经济衰退在美国社会重组中的作用。对全球科学委员会的持续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以及政策制定者聚集在一起，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制定愿景。全球地理科学委员会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。该委员会还将通过国际地理联合会促进地理学家和相关科学家在美国和国际范围内的一系列背景下所发挥的作用。

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.