摘要
Cao Xiaoshu is a professor of the School of Geography and Planning as well as the deputy director of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies of Sun Yat-Sen University. He is also the deputy head and secretary-general of the Urbanization Working Group of the Chinese National Committee for the International Human Dimensions Programme on the Global Environmental Change (CNC-IHDP), the member of the Professional Committee for Historical Geography of the Geographical Society of China (GSC), and the member of the Academic Committee of China Land Science Society (CLSS). Prof. Cao also serves as the editorial board member of various influential publications such as Scientia Geographica Sinica , Historical Geography, Human Geography, Economic Geography, Tropical Geography , Areal Research and Development, and Land Economics.