20世纪80年代以来的中国人口地理学——铸就人口研究与人文地理学间的纽带（英文）

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文献题名 20世纪80年代以来的中国人口地理学——铸就人口研究与人文地理学间的纽带（英文）

作者 朱宇  丁金宏  王桂新  沈建法  林李月  柯文前 

作者单位 InstituteofGeography  FujianNormalUniversity  KeyLaboratoryofHumidSubtropicalEco-geographicalProcess(FujianNormalUniversity)  MinistryofEducation  AsianDemographicResearchInstitute  ShanghaiUniversity  PopulationResearchInstitute  Eas 

母体文献 Journal of Geographical Sciences 

年卷期 2016年08期

年份 2016 

分类号 C922 

关键词 populationgeography  1980s  populationstudies  humangeography  links  China 

文摘内容 This paper reviews the progress of population geography in China since the 1980 s. The review results suggest that contrary to the common perception of its invisibility and marginalized status in the field, tremendous progress has been made in population geography in China since the 1980 s. Population geographers have made significant contribution to the understanding of a wide range of population issues from geographical perspectives, including migration, urbanization, population distribution, the relationships between population, environment and resources, aging, marriage patterns, and migrants’ crimes, although such contribution often did not appear in the geographical circle. Furthermore, population geographers have played an indispensable role in revitalizing population studies in China and forging its links to human geography, occupying an important position in this multi-disciplinary field. Population geographers’ contribution to the areas of migration and urbanization research has been particularly significant, reflected in their leading roles in these areas’ research. The paper demonstrates that as latecomers in the field after more than 20 years of isolation, population geographers in China have gone through a process of catching up and increasing engagement with developments in social sciences and increasing interaction with social scientists since the 1980 s, and have benefited greatly from it; however, there is a tendency for population geography to be increasingly alienated from the main stream human geography, a phenomenon similar to but not exactly the same as Anglo-American geography in the late 1990 s and early 2000 s. The paper argues that population geography is only half way in the course to forge the links between population studies and human geography, and it needs to return to geographical sciences to strike a healthy balance between the field of population studies and that of human geography, and promote its further development in a multi-disciplinary field.