Core Support for the Geographical Sciences Committee at the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council

对美国国家科学院/国家研究委员会地理科学委员会的核心支持

• 批准号: 0617116
• 负责人: Anthony de Souza
• 金额: $ 29.07万
• 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: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0617116&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Core; Support; Geographical; Sciences; Committee

The National Research Council (NRC) established a Committee on Geography (COG) 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. The name of the committee was changed to the Geographical Sciences Committee (GSC) in 2004 in recognition of the role other disciplines (like spatial statistics, econometrics, regional science, and earth system science) play in providing scientific perspectives on the spaces and places of the Earth. This award renews core support for the Geographical Sciences Committee The mission of the GSC is (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. Studies that the GSC plans to undertake in the next year include a review of the implementation strategy through which the U.S. Geological Survey plans to support geographic research at the USGS, an assessment of land-change science models, and a study of strategic directions for the geographic sciences in the next decade.Continued support for the GSC will enable this group to continue to advance the role that geographers and related scientists play in a range of contexts in the U.S. and internationally through the IGU. The committee will continue to oversee studies like the recently completed studies that produced the following reports: Learning to Think Spatially: GIS as a Support System in the K-12 Curriculum, GIS for Housing and Urban Development, Research Opportunities in Geography at the U.S. Geological Survey, Down to Earth: Geographical Information for Sustainable Development in Africa, and Community and the Quality of Life: Date Needs for Informed Decision Making. The committee also will continue to improve the effectiveness of the IGU and to promote the effective participation of U.S. geographers in the activities of the IGU.

国家研究委员会（NRC）于1997年成立了一个地理委员会（COG），因为人类环境科学的空间和基于地点的方法已经证明自己在解决主要社会和环境主题方面越来越重要。 该委员会的名称于2004年更改为地理科学委员会（GSC），以表彰其他学科（例如空间统计，计量经济学，区域科学和地球系统科学）在提供有关地球空间和地点的科学观点方面发挥的作用。 该奖项更新了对地理科学委员会的核心支持。GSC的使命是（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计划在明年进行的研究包括对实施策略的审查伊瓜。 该委员会将继续监督最近完成的研究，这些研究产生了以下报告：学习空间思考：GIS作为K-12课程中的支持系统，用于住房和城市发展的GIS，GIS，用于地球调查的地理研究机会，直到地球：非洲可持续发展的地理信息，以实现非洲可持续发展，社区以及生活的质量：日期的质量，需要知情的决策。 该委员会还将继续提高IGU的有效性，并促进美国地理学家参与IGU活动的有效参与。