Abstract:

The Human-Earth System is the core of researches on geography in the mountainous area. Having scientific cognition of the Human-Earth System in the mountainous areas is of great significance to handling the problems of ecological security, disaster prevention, economic poverty as well as contradiction between human and land and so forth. By sorting out the research process of mountainous areas, using the CiteSpace and perusing literatures, the paper displays the outcome and progress of the research on the Human-land System in the mountainous area and summarizes the main points and common methods of the Human-land System. It shows that the research on human-earth system in mountainous areas is obviously getting more interdisciplinary, among which, human geography, core of the research, has been gradually highlighted. Despite the wide research fields and the abundant achievements, its theoretical basis and systematic character still need to be strengthened. The researches mainly focus carrying capacity, spatial differentiation of elements and the evolution laws and mechanism of the Human-land System in mountainous areas. The research methods have shifted from traditional literatures' study, system evaluation and dynamic simulation to new methods such as multidimensional atlas, big data and cloud computing. In the future, the comprehensiveness, spatiality, and application of research shall be highlighted. In addition, the research on the human-earth relation mechanism on the basis of mathematical model shall be strengthened and the research on human response activity against environmental change and its research methods shall be innovated and deepened.

Key words: mountainous areas, the Human-Earth System, research progress, CiteSpace

摘要：

山区人地系统是地理学在山地区域的研究内核，科学认知山区人地系统对解决山区生态安全、灾害防治、经济贫困、人地矛盾等问题具有重要意义。通过梳理山地研究进程，借助CiteSpace软件和文献精读，论述了山区人地系统的研究现状和进展，归纳总结了山区人地系统的研究重点和常用方法。研究发现：山区人地系统研究的学科综合趋势明显，人文地理学研究内核不断凸显，尽管研究领域广泛、成果丰富，但理论基础和系统性仍有待加强；研究重点包括山区承载力、山区要素空间分异、山区人地系统演化规律、山区人地系统作用机制等方面，研究方法从传统的史志挖掘、系统评价、动态模拟转向多维图谱、大数据、云计算等新型手段，未来应进一步突出研究的综合属性、空间属性、应用属性，强化数理模型基础上的人地关系机理研究、环境变化下的人类活动响应研究和研究方法的深化创新。

关键词: 山区, 人地系统, 研究进展, CiteSpace