Top Ten Reasons to Study Geography

十大学习地理学的理由

——香港规划署署长，梁焯辉先生, 2012年11月24日香港地理日

翻译by 刘逸，香港浸会大学地理系 

译者博文地址：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_62a0063b0100fl99.html

1.      To understand basic physical systems that affect everyday life

理解影响我们日常生活的自然系统

2.     To learn the location of places and the physical and cultural characteristics of those places in order to function more effectively in our increasingly interdependent world

学习场所的区位特征，包括自然的和文化的，从而更好的发挥这些场所在日益相互依赖的世界系统中的作用

3.     To understand the geography of past times and how geography has played important roles in the evolution of people, their ideas, places and environments.

理解过往历史的地理性，以及地理如何影响人类生活、观念、场所和环境的演化

4.     To develop a mental map of your community, province and territory, country and the world so that you can understand the ‘where’ of places and events.

培育出一副关于你生活的社区，省份，领土，国家和世界的心理地图，从而可以理解生活中各类事件和场所的空间位置。

5.     To explain how the processes of human and physical systems have arranged and sometimes changed the surface of the Earth.

学会解释人类和自然系统是如何组织并且改变地球外貌的。

6.     To understand the spatial organization of society and see order in what often appears to be random scattering of people and places.

理解社会的空间组织，从而看清常常随机出现的人物和场所的空间秩序。

7.     To recognize spatial distributions at all scales – local to worldwide – in order to understand the complex connectivity of people and places.

理解从本土到全球的空间尺度的分布，从而理解任何场所之间的复杂联系

8.     To be able to make sensible judgments about matters involving relationships between the physical environment and society.

对影响自然和社会环境中的各种关系的要素能够给出一个清晰的认识和判断

9.     To appreciate Earth as the homeland of humankind and provide insights for wise management decisions about how the planet’s resources should be used.

学会珍惜地球作为人类家园的重要性，并且为如何管理和使用地球上的资源提供明智的建议

10.   To understand global interdependence and to become a better global citizen.

理解我们在当前全球体系中的相互依赖性，从而自觉成为一个更好的地球居民。