前言山地景观占据了大约地球陆地表面的三分之一(表1)。相对来说,山地人口极少,因为世界大多数经济活动都集中在近海岸的平原上。在最近几年中,虽然山地吸引了许多人的注意,如地质学家、地貌学家,但是,人文地理学家们还未对这些地区给予足够的重视。Soffer 和 Price指出了在缺乏最新资料的情况下,编写山地地理教材是困难的。 Preface Mountain landscapes occupy about one-third of the earth’s land surface (Table 1). Relatively speaking, the mountainous population is extremely small because most of the world’s economic activities are concentrated on the coastal plains. In recent years, although the mountains have attracted the attention of many people, such as geologists and geomorphologists, human geographers have not paid enough attention to these areas. Soffer and Price pointed out that it is difficult to write mountain geography textbooks in the absence of up-to-date information.