Environmental Geography

Author: Yan Wujiu
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Environmental geography is an interdisciplinary field between geography and environmental science. It takes the regional human-environment system as its object of study, focusing on the occurrence and development, organization and structure, regulation and control, as well as distribution and utilization of the human-environment system in a specific region. It possesses both applied and fundamental scientific characteristics, with regionalism being a prominent feature that distinguishes environmental geography from other branches of environmental science. This book takes the regional human-environment system as its object, with environmental issues as the main thread, and regional sustainable development as the goal to construct its framework. The content and structure of this book differ from the numerous existing textbooks on environmental principles and general introductions, as it is not organized by environmental elements but rather by research methods. Combined with the author's years of research experience, it introduces relevant regional research cases and methods. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering topics such as environment and environmental geography, the Earth's environment and its evolution, rural environmental analysis, urban environmental analysis, analysis of environmental issues in China, global environmental issues, human environment and sustainable development, and environmental issues and environmental education. This book is suitable as a teaching reference for relevant majors in higher education institutions, as well as for scientists, managers, and students in environmental and ecological research.