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Integrated studies of physical geography in China: Review and prospects
Author: Fu Bojie, Professor and CAS Academician, specialized in physical geography and landscape ecology. E-mail: bfu@rcees.ac.cn
Received date: 2016-03-25
Accepted date: 2016-04-02
Online published: 2016-07-25
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41230745
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Modern physical geography in China grew from Chinese traditional geography and has been profoundly influenced by the geographical disciplines of Euro-America and Russia. Since the 1950s, integrated studies of physical geography in China have made remarkable progress in the fields of comprehensive physical geographical regionalization, land studies, landscape ecology, and land surface geographical processes. During the past few decades, under the background of global change and rapid socio-economic transformation, a series of environmental and resources problems have boomed in China. To solve these problems and promote the development of integrated studies of physical geography, the following issues were proposed as research priorities: (1) coupling of land surface patterns and processes; (2) integrated research on regional responses and adaptation to global change; (3) analysis of human dimensions of the earth system; (4) ecosystem service research from a geographical perspective; (5) integration of multi-source data and model development; (6) integrated studies on unique geographical units; and (7) important global issues and relevant international programs.
Key words: China; physical geography; integrated study; progress; prospect
FU Bojie , PAN Naiqing . Integrated studies of physical geography in China: Review and prospects[J]. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2016 , 26(7) : 771 -790 . DOI: 10.1007/s11442-016-1298-8
Figure 1 Framework of integrated studies of physical geography |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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