HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN BIG DATA ERA
ZHEN Feng1,2, QIN Xiao3, WANG Bo4
1. School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
2. Research Center of Human Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
3. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
4. Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract：The advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs) influences human activity and thus the spatial organization at urban and regional scale, with "space of flows" instead of "space of place" becoming the major space platform for people's daily activity. The exploration of huge amount of information promotes the advent of big data era and the innovation of human geography which focused on the relationship between human activity and geographic space in terms of both theory and methodology. Based on a systematical literature review, this paper summarizes three new changes in human geography researches:①in research field, more attention will be paid on the integration of physical science and social science; ②in research methodology, innovation of data- extensive inquiries will be more effectively employed; ③ in research question, human activity will be more focused. Then an overall framework of human geography and its main sub disciplines including urban geography, social geography, economic geography, transport geography, tourism geography, political geography, culture geography and military geography in the big data era is put forward, enriching and supplementing the traditional human geography theory and methodology. Meanwhile, this paper recognizes the significance of big data in human geography research to analyze and solve urban problems, promoting the sustainable development of urban and rural areas. Thereafter, the possible application practice in the future in urban planning methodology and technology, decision-making optimization of individual activity behavior, operating decisions of enterprises, and government macro policy and management are elaborated, which will be quite important for human geography to better serve the current transformation of socioeconomic development in China and optimizes urban spatial structure.
甄峰, 秦萧, 王波. 大数据时代的人文地理研究与应用实践[J]. 人文地理, 2014, 29(3): 1-6.
ZHEN Feng, QIN Xiao, WANG Bo. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION IN BIG DATA ERA. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2014, 29(3): 1-6.
