地理学中自然与人文耦合的挑战与前景

Challenges and Prospects of Coupling Physical and Human Geography

进入人类世以来,随着重大自然与社会问题的涌现,作为一门典型的交叉学科,地理学面临着前所未有的挑战与机遇。地理学研究的是复杂交织的人地关系问题,所以需要先在内部摒除二元论的偏见,实现自然(包括GIS)与人文的耦合。对中国地理学而言,自然与人文耦合的关键或难点在于方法论。应对挑战,地理学共同体应该鼓励面向重大问题的、多元化的交叉研究,促进数据、技术与社会的融合,共创治理科学新范式,逐步改变重理轻文的学科评价导向。在全球可持续发展的大背景下,地理学内部的交叉融合以及地理学与其他学科的交叉合作至关重要,人文与自然的耦合是地理学应该始终坚持的方向。

Major natural and social problems have emerged since the onset of the Anthropocene because of which geography,as a typical interdisciplinary field,has faced unprecedented challenges and opportunities.Given its focus on the complex human-nature relationship,it is necessary to overcome the dualism bias between physical and human geography and prioritize the study of coupling human-nature relationship within the discipline.In the context of Chinese geography,the key and the biggest difficulty of such coupling lies in the methodology used.To solve these major problems,the geographical community should encourage participation in diversified interdisciplinary research and promote the integration of data,technology,and society to bring about a new paradigm of governance science.This shift entails a gradual departure from the prevailing disciplinary evaluation orientation that tends to prioritize physical sciences over social sciences and humanities.Coupling physical and human geography and collaboration between geography and other disciplines are necessary to overcome the common global sustainable development issues.