挑战与机遇前言我们确信要理解和发展当今及未来世界就不能离开地理学。我们关注着世界上很多地方都忽略了地理教育。我们认识到地理教学通常缺乏组织结构和逻辑上的紧凑性。我们牢记着范围在缩小的世界需要一种不断增强的处理国际事务的能力,以在广大范围上就经济、 Challenges and Opportunities Preface We are convinced that we must not understand geography in order to understand and develop the present and future world. We are concerned that geography education is neglected in many parts of the world. We recognize that geography teaching usually lacks organizational structure and logical compactness. We are mindful of the need for an ever-increasing capacity to deal with international affairs in a narrowly-circulated world,