PROF. HUANG BINGWEI AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INTEGRATED STUDIES IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

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  • Institute of Geography, Chinese Acalemy of Scieles and State Plain;Connission of the People's Republic of China

Received date: 1992-11-05

  Online published: 1993-03-15

Abstract

Huang Bingwei was born on 1 Feb. 1913 in Huiyang, Guangdong, he studied geography at Sun Yatsen University in 1930-1944; Rockefeller Foundation Fellow research on Coastal Geomorphology of Shandong in Geological. Survey, Beiping, 1934-1935; preparation of monograph Geography of China, 1935-38; lecturer, Associate Professor, Zhekiang university, 1939-43; member of Natural Resources Commission, 1942-49; Deputy Director, Institute of Industrial Economy, East China, Bureau of Capital Construction, East China, 1949-53; member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1955; Professor, Acting Director (1953-57), Director (1957-83), Honorary Director(1983-) of Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Vice President (1956-80), President (1980-91) and Honorary President (1991-) of Geographical Society of China.This paper is a brief account of integrated studies in Physical geography carried out by Professor Huang Bingwei in the last six decades. By rough estimation, ca 100 articles and papers of Huang's have been published, his main contribution may be summarized in following topics. 1. Physico-geographical regionalization of China; 2. Soil erosion and conservation in middle reaches of the Yellow 3. Energy and water balances at the Earth's surface; 4. Potential agricultural productivity;5. Water conservancy and agriculture development in North China; 6. Maximization of sustainable productivity of sloping land: 7. Global change and its impact.

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Zheng Du, Yang Qinye . PROF. HUANG BINGWEI AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INTEGRATED STUDIES IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 1993 , 12(1) : 1 -9 . DOI: 10.11821/yj1993010001

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