Academician HUANG Bing-wei''s geographical academic thought and its application-in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of HUANG Bing-wei
黄秉维地理学术思想及其实践—纪念黄秉维院士诞辰九十周年

In the process of modern geography in China, Prof.HUANG Bing wei, with his profound wisdom and diligent work, made outstanding contributions to the promotion of the development of modern geography and improvement of the research level of geography. The core of the geographical academic thought of Prof. HUANG is to emphasize the basis of geographic subject. Prof.HUANG regarded the integration and regionality as the main characteristic of geography, exploiting and instructing the geographical integrating works,such as the integrated physicographical regionalization in China and the integrated research on natural process of the earth surface, etc. Prof.HUANG emphasized the stratagem of geography in terms of service and and construction and thought much of the combination of theory with practice. He advocated that geography should serve agriculture and be geared to the construction practices. Prof. HUANG always paid much attention to the problems of soil erosion and conservation in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, water conservancy and agricultural development in North China and the sloping farmland improvement and utilization in South China. He actively introduced new thought, new technique and new methods. He promoted the deep research of geography and exploited the direction of experimental geography with his innovative thought. He watched closely the international research direction and trend and advocated the cross between the natural science and social science. He thought much of the global environment change and its impacts and the research on the regional sustainable development in China. He brought forward the view that the terrestrial system science is the strategic direction of geographical development, which is a notable indicative. Prof. HUANG Bing wei's geographical academic thought and research practice is the invaluable fortune of modern geography in China, which will keep on directing the development of geography and make positive contributions to the Chinese modernization construction and the prospects of people's homeland.