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PAPERBACK price:$44.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY PDF Report Brief Display this book on your site! Related Titles Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions Rediscovering Geography: New Relevance for Science and Society Other Related Titles Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences (2010) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations." Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010. Please select a format: Page 153   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix B Acronyms and Abbreviations AAG Association of American Geographers ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CBNRM community-based natural resources management CO2 carbon dioxide CSISS Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science DMSP/OLS Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, Operational Linescan System EOC emergency operations center EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency FAO Food and Agricultural Organization FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FRAGSTATS Spatial Pattern Analysis Program for Categorical Maps GIS geographic information system GMC genetically modified crop GPS Global Positioning System ICT information and communication technology IGERT Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF) IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IRB institutional review board LBS location-based service lidar light detection and ranging LRT light-rail transit LSC land-change science MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Page 153 Front Matter (R1-R16) Summary (1-4) Part I: Introduction (5-6) Introduction (7-18) Part II: Strategic Research Questions (19-20) 1 How Are We Changing the Physical Environment of Earth's Surface? (21-30) 2 How Can We Best Preserve Biological Diversity and Protect Endangered Ecosystems? (31-40) 3 How Are Climate and Other Environmental Changes Affecting the Vulnerabilities of Coupled Human–Environment Systems? (41-48) 4 How and Where Will 10 Billion People Live on Earth? (49-58) 5 How Will We Sustainably Feed Everyone in the Coming Decade and Beyond? (59-66) 6 How Does Where People Live Affect Their Health? (67-74) 7 How Is the Movement of People, Goods, and Ideas Transforming the World? (75-82) 8 How Is Economic Globalization Affecting Inequality? (83-90) 9 How Are Geopolitical Shifts Influencing Peace and Stability? (91-96) 10 How Might We Better Observe, Analyze, and Visualize a Changing World? (97-104) 11 What Are the Societal Implications of Citizen Mapping and Mapping Citizens? (105-112) Part III: Moving Forward (113-114) Moving Forward (115-124) References (125-144) Appendixes (145-146) Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies (147-152) Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations (153-154) Appendix C: AAG Open Session Agenda and Speakers (155-156)

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