In August 2012, School of Environmental Science and
Tourism and School of Economics and Management cooperated, applied for the
provincial key discipline and was approved. It mainly focuses on three areas:
calamity geography, regional economy, and tourism resources developing and
planning.
In view of the special geographical position and
humanistic characteristics of Henan Province, regional economy studies urban
and rural integration process with the characteristic of traditional
agriculture, especially the development of traditional agriculture industry
cluster.
Tourism resources developing and planning has
become a highlight in Human Geography. With prominent regional features, its
studies are closely combined with the tourist economic development needs of
Henan Province.
With the satellite earth station and advanced techniques
of satellite remote sensing, three dimension simulation, calamity geography
works on early warning and surveillance of disasters, for instance, the
research on warning and surveillance of earthquakes according to satellite
remote sensing statistics. The studies aim at promoting scientific research
strength, resilience of disaster prevention, and reduction.
