PROGRESS IN URBAN GEOMORPHOLOGY—Review of Urban Geomorphology
- Publish Date: 2000-09-20
Abstract: The researches of urban geomorphology have been developed vigorously since the middle of the 1980s in China and become one of the most active fields among geomorphological researches. A considerable progress in theory and application aspects has been gained. For example, the academic property and characteristics of this discipline are definite, the object, contents, ways and means of study are explored and studies of urban geomorphology are carried out in many cities.lt is necessary to build up an integrated theory system of this discipline with the deepening and widening of study in the field. Urban geomorphology,writtem by Prof. DIAO Cheng-tai and published in June 1999 by the Southwest China formal University Press, is a new book which riviews advances of urban geomorphology in China in last 15 years, and makes a systematic exposition of the theory system, study methods and applied practice of this branch. The contents and structure of this book embods characters, development and trend of this new branch of science in China.
Citation: | HUANG Jin-hong, MU Gui-chun. PROGRESS IN URBAN GEOMORPHOLOGY—Review of Urban Geomorphology[J]. Chinese Geographical Science, 2000, 10(3): 288-288. |