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People-Environment Interactions

People and Climate Variation

People and Resource Decisions

People and Adaptation to Change

People, Risk, and Resilience

Research, Education, and Evaluation
Sustainability Science: Preparing for 9 Billion on the Planet

This project will be a public workshop that will examine key underlying paradigms of both social and natural science, as they relate to human population size, population growth, aging populations, migration toward cities, and differential consumption, land use change, etc.
Project Scope

The planning committee will plan the workshop and select presenters.  The result will be a single-authored workshop summary.
Members

William B. Rouse (NAE), Chair - Stevens Institute of Technology

F. Stuart (Terry) Chapin (NAS) - University of Alaska

Stephen Polasky (NAS) - University of Minnesota 

John Bongaarts (NAS) - The Population Council

Billie Lee Turner II (NAS) - Arizona State University

Henry C. Harpending (NAS) - University of Utah

W. G. (Gary) Ernst (NAS) - Stanford University

Meredith A. Lane  (study director) - National Research Council

Keegan Sawyer (staff) - National Research Council

 

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