一、会议背景全球环境变化速度大于人类应对这种变化的步伐,人类发展的可持续性受到空前挑战。“未来地球”研究计划的启动和实施,既标志着地球科学交叉研究步入一个新的历史阶段,又昭示着社会—环境系统向可持续性发展目标的重要转型。经济地理学这门学科具有典型的交叉性、集成性、综合性的特点,一方面,多元的、复杂的自然与人文要素深刻影响经济集聚、经济扩散和空间关系;另一方面,人类的经济活动正强烈地改变着地表自然格 I. Background of the Conference The pace of change in the global environment is greater than that of mankind in dealing with such changes. The sustainability of human development is unprecedentedly challenged. The launch and implementation of the “Future Earth” research program not only marked a new historical stage in the interdisciplinary study of Earth science, but also signified an important transformation of the social-environmental system to the goal of sustainable development. On the one hand, the diverse and complex natural and human elements profoundly affect economic agglomeration, economic diffusion and spatial relations; on the other hand, human economics Activities are drastically changing the Earth’s natural grid