引言 Introduction人文地理学,作为科学王国中一支较小的学科,尽管常常不被人们关注和重视,然而它却是一支最具活力的学科,它的研究主题社会的空间组织和人与环境的关系为许许多多形式的研究和朝气蓬勃的地理学者提供了机遇和挑战。在最近30年来,西方人文地理学可以说是百家争鸣、百花齐放。人文地理学家不断地接受他们以前很少遇到的其它学科的新思想、新观念,这样就给人文地理学的发展带来无限的生机。Human geography is such a subject full of vitalities despite of being neglected sometimes.Its research themes, the social-spatial structure and the relationship between human and environments, have brought opportunities and challenges to both various forms of research and geographers.In recent