陆地表层系统地理过程研究回顾与展望

REVIEW OF LAND SURFACE GEOGRAPHICAL PROCESS STUDY AND PROSPECTS IN CHINA

近十几年来,地球表层过程研究在地球系统研究中的地位越来越重要,尤其强调将自然过程与人文过程有机地结合在一起,应对环境变化对科学提出的挑战。而自然过程与人文过程恰恰是地理过程的具体表现。从与陆地表层地理过程相关的国际重大科学计划的研究主题看,陆地表层地理过程的研究重点和核心已经从自然向自然与人文结合方向发展,从无机向无机与有机结合方向发展,从单要素、单个过程的研究向多要素、多过程耦合与综合研究方向发展,从宏观向宏观与微观结合方向发展。未来若干年,我国的陆地表层系统地理过程研究应紧密围绕格局与过程、过程与效应、综合与集成组织科学问题。提高我国地理过程的研究水平,推动我国地理学基础研究迈上新台阶。

Earth surface process study has been more and more important in the earth system study during the last ten years. It combines natural process and human process organically so as to meet the challenge of environmental change. Natural process and human process are included in geographical process. By reviewing the main fields of international scientific projects related to land surface process study, the study focus has been moving from nature to the combination of nature and human, from inorganic to the combination of inorganic and organic, from single element or process analysis to multiple elements or processes analysis and synthesis, from macro scale to the combination of macro and micro scales. In the future years, land surface geographical process study in China should organize scientific problems closely around pattern and process, process and effect, synthesis and integration so as to improve the level of Chinese geographical process study and push forward the basic study of Chinese geography to a higher level.