Introduction to Environmental Geography (Series of Graduate Textbooks of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Author: Zhu Yanming He Yan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-02
Features: The environment is a comprehensive combination of all factors and conditions necessary for human survival. Environment and development have become major issues of international concern today. Environmental geography is an emerging interdisciplinary field that integrates geography and environmental science. It approaches the relationship between humans and the environment holistically, studying environmental changes in Earth's various spheres and their interactions with human activities. This book serves as a foundational theoretical text for graduate students in this discipline, offering rich, comprehensive, and systematic content. The book is divided into ten chapters, covering topics such as the evolution of Earth's environment and the emergence of environmental issues; the scope, formation, and development of environmental geography; environmental changes in the atmospheric, hydrospheric, lithosphere, pedosphere, and biospheric environments, along with their interactions and impacts on human activities; the occurrence and prevention of diseases caused by natural and anthropogenic geochemical anomalies; major environmental challenges facing the 21st century; sustainable development of resources and the environment; and research methods in environmental geography. This book is primarily intended as a teaching reference for master's and doctoral students in environmental science, geography, geochemistry, soil science, ecology, and related disciplines at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' research institutes and universities. It can also serve as a reference for researchers and administrative personnel in relevant research departments and higher education institutions.