中国环境经济地理的研究主题展望

全球环境变化与技术经济范式变革对“经济-环境”关系产生深刻影响，但资源环境议题自20世纪80年代以来逐渐淡出全球经济地理研究的视野。2000年以来，环境经济地理逐渐兴起并对此进行反思，但其发展仍处于混沌状态。中国经济地理学科自身的人地关系传统和国家发展的探索与实践，为环境经济地理理论与实践创造了理想条件。环境经济地理并非全新的领域，其可从经济地理理论出发拓展对“经济-环境”关系的认识，据此提出3组研究主题：① 重新认识经济活动的区位，理解变化中的资源环境如何作用于传统与新兴经济活动；② 建立对不同地理尺度下要素流动和主体互动的认知，理解资源环境风险如何在各类关系网络中传递，又将如何重塑各类关系网络；③ 考察多主体在多区域之间、多层级制度背景下的相互作用，理解绿色创新与转型的过程，实现对“经济-环境”关系在不同发展场景下协同演化的认识。

Emerging Themes of Environmental Economic Geography in China

The changing global environment and techno-economic paradigm exert remarkable influences on the economy-environment relationship. However, economic geographers across the world have primarily retreated from tackling environmental challenges at the same time. In response, Environmental Economic Geography becomes an emerging theme of Economic Geography since 2000, which makes efforts to reconsider the economy-environment relationship from the perspective of Economic Geography. The development of Economic Geography in China adheres to the tradition of human-environment interactions, which lays the foundation for developing Environmental Economic Geography. The rapid growth and transition of China’s economy also provide rich cases for conducting Environmental Economic Geography researches. Generally, Environmental Economic Geography does not necessarily require a fresh start. Instead, it can be derived from the theoretical thinking of Economic Geography. This study proposes three potential themes. First, Environmental Economic Geography can revisit the location of economic activities which are environment-relevant, leading to a better understanding of how the changing environment reshapes the global economic landscape. Second, Environmental Economic Geography can trace the flows of factors and the interactions between actors by network analysis, providing better chances to project the transfer of environmental risks at different geographical scales. Third, Environmental Economic Geography can look into how different actors interact with each other across different regions and at multiple levels of institutional contexts, unravelling the process of green innovation and green transition in different geographical contexts.