Géographies de Fernand VERGER : l'environnement comme horizon

Physio-Géo. Géographie physique et environnement

Libourel, Éloïse¹ 

关键词: environnement;    histoire de la géographie;    géographie physique;    environment;    history of geography;    physical geography;   

DOI  :  10.4000/physio-geo.4082

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

来源: Revues.org

【 摘 要 】

Fernand VERGER, Professor emeritus at the École Normale Supérieure, had a very rich carrier as a teacher and as a researcher. From his PhD thesis in physical geography to his role of scientific expert at the French Conservatoire du littoral, the way he works illustrates the paradigm changes in the field of geography.Fernand VERGER is a pioneer in the use of new technologies in geography. As a research project leader involved in cooperation with the NASA he introduces remote sensing as well as the use of space-borne data, and he also encourages the use of Geographic Information Systems as a method for geographical data analysis and as an instrument for development. Even if he studied in the framework of the classical geography which clearly distinguishes physical and human approaches, Fernand VERGER always tried to maintain the balance of both perspectives in the field of geography. He considers physical phenomena being strongly linked to human land use.As a specialist of coastal wetlands and as a researcher constantly concerned by human-environment interaction, Fernand VERGER was called to apply as an expert in many projects as the Mont-Saint-Michel Bay reshaping.This work retraces Fernand VERGER carrier in parallel with the evolutions of geography in the second part of the XXth Century. It also expresses some kind of surprise when facing some of the changes which occurred in this field.

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