%0 Journal Article %A LIU Changming %A ZHENG Du %A CUI Peng %A GE Quansheng %A LIU Jiyuan %A WU Shaohong %A TANG Qiuhong %A SONG Xianfang %A YANG Linsheng %T Innovative development and prospect of physical geography %D 2020 %R 10.11821/dlxb202012002 %J Acta Geographica Sinica %P 2547-2569 %V 75 %N 12 %X

Physical geography (PG) has always been the core discipline of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGSNRR, CAS) since its establishment in 1940. It aims to serve the grand needs of national development. PG has made significant scientific and technological achievements and progress in the fields of comprehensive physical geography, climatology, geomorphology, hydrology, soil geography, biogeography, chemical geography, etc. These achievements have set up the worldwide priority status of PG, and made great contributions to the scientific and technological innovation, regional sustainable economic and social development. This paper reviews the innovative development of PG in the IGSNRR, summarizes the academic achievements and landmark progress, and looks forward to the future development strategy. Four key points are presented including the interaction mechanism of land surface elements-process, the dynamics of land surface pattern, the comprehensive integration and simulation of process of land surface system, and the sustainable paradigm and regulation mechanism of orderly human activities of land surface system.

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