Features | Research Objects | Core Technologies and Methods | |
Res-environ informatics | Humanistic concern | Major res-environ issues | Interdisciplinary spatio-temporal analysis |
Environmental informatics | Focusing on specific environmental problems | Environmental protection, pollution control | Sensing technology, spatial analysis |
Resource informatics | Focusing on the utilization of specific industries | Mineral resources, geological survey | Remote sensing, spatial analysis |
Earth information science | Emphasizing information acquisition | Earth information | 3s (gis, rs, gps), spatial analysis |
Earth system science | More focusing on the objective world | Global changes | Remote sensing, climate models |
Sustainable development studies | social sciences | Sustainable development | Multi-disciplinary comprehensive analysis |