The progress of human geography in China under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Gengzhi HUANG, Shuying LENG
Table 3 Interdisciplinary features of NSFC programs in land use research in human geography
Interdisciplinarity Programs in human
geography
Programs in sustainable regional development Total
Number of funded programs 109 74 183
Number of interdisciplinary programs 66 42 108
Percentage of interdisciplinary programs (%) 61 57 59
Number of intradisciplinary programs 27 4 31
Number of interdisciplinary programs 39 38 77
Number of programs intersected with
Physical Geography 6 10 16
Integrated Physical Geography 5 7 12
Human Geography - 7 7
Environmental Change and Prediction 2 0 2
Pedology 0 1 1
GIS 6 1 7
Regional Environmental Quality and Safety 4 4 8
Natural Resources Management 8 11 19
Sustainable Regional Development 12 - 12
Ecology 0 1 1
Macro-management and Policy 1 2 3
Agricultural and Forestry Economy Management 0 1 1