RETROSPECT AND EXPECTATION OF RURAL GEOGRAPHY IN CHINA
回顾了中国乡村地理学从1930年代引入至今的发展历程，指出学科体系薄弱、研究领域局限等不足，并展望未来应加强学科基础、转向社会文化分析、关注经济与环境冲突等热点。
Rural geography, as a branch of human geography established long time ago in western countries, was introduced in China in 1930s, which initial research focused on rural settlement and land utilization. In the first twenty years after Country-Foundation rural geography research have been simplified into the study of agriculture, till 1980s it just entered into the right path, which leading to acquire abundant research results and set up a steady basis for the subsequent work. Rural geography researches in 1990s succeed to the merit of that in 1980s, and achieved plentiful and substantial harvest with more researchers' support, more advanced techniques and more available means. Any way, rural geography in China is still a weak subject now.Comparing with the development of rural geographical abroad, there are many deficiencies in our research: ① the system of subject is still weakness; ② poor of philosophical base; ③ the study field is still confined in tradition topic, and need to deepen; ④ the study means is still simple.Therefore, we should pay more attention to such facts of rural geography in the future: ① attaching importance to the development of subject; ② strengthening the base of subject; ③ paradigm should turn from special analyze to social/cultural analyze; ④ studying hot-spot field, such as the conflict of economy development and environment, the evaluation of rural resource, the reconstruction of rural space and the behavioral change of farmer.