| Description: | The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a non-governmental research organization located in Austria. The institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. IIASA's research on air pollution, forestry, land-use change, risk mitigation modeling, and systems modeling will form the basis for its continued inquiries in the fields of the environment and natural resources. |