Abstract：Among the branches of Human Geography in China, Social Geography is one of them which develop comparatively slowly. However, it has gradually developed more quickly than before. The range of research is becoming broader and some experts have joined in studying many fields of Social Geography, including the following contents:
1. The nature and contents After absorbing the achievements western Social Geography and connecting chinese practice, some people think that it should focus on the spacial activities of social community. Meanwhile, others think that social community, social culture, social ecology and social problems should also be done.
2. The research of Community Geography' It mainly includes the theory of Community geography, social region division in city, the research of social community in rural areas, and the like.
3. The research of social problems. It mainly probes into crime phenomena and deprivation problems, etc.
As Human Geography totally resurged in China, Geography obviously tended to humanism and socialization. The researchers gradually focused on social problems, from the original economic activities that they stressed on at first' Social transformation becomes faster and social problems have been a big question, especially since 1990's. Therefore, in China, theoretical system of Social Geography is urgently ordered to be founded to strengthen social problems' researches and reclaim new research fields, such as, living quality, living ways, living space and social transformations, and so on. These are foundations for us to draw up general and special policies.
张小林, 金其铭, 陆华. 中国社会地理学发展综述[J]. 人文地理, 1996, 11(s1): 118-122.
Zhang Xiaolin, Jin Qiming, Lu Hua. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY IN CHINA. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 1996, 11(s1): 118-122.
