基于港口地理研究的时代背景变迁,分析了现代港口地理学的研究进展与研究内容,重点从港口地理的基本研究范畴、港口理论、港口体系、枢纽港、港口与腹地关系、航运网络、航运企业和码头企业等角度深入解析其重点历程与主要论点,对中国港口地理学的研究进展和国际学者的相关论点进行了阐述,然后从研究内容、研究范式、研究重点和研究地区等角度,总结和评价现代港口地理学的研究特征,梳理其发展规律与研究轨迹。同时基于以上研究,从研究范式、研究重点、研究单位等角度,对港口地理学的未来研究趋向进行了深入探讨。通过该研究,系统总结了港口地理学的研究进展,有助于该学科的理论和实证研究。
The theorical and empirical researches about port including seaport and riverport which is the most important infrastructure of one region or country have developed into a branch subject of humanity geography called port geography and main contents of transportation geography since 1950s. Based on review about the social-economic background changes of transportation geography research, we discussed the research progress and study contents of modem port geography, especially analyzed its important opinions of different research period, from these perspectives including its basal research categories, developing theory of port, ports system, hub port, port and its hinterland, marine shipping network, shipping company and port terminal company. Moreover, we analyzed the research progress and study contents of modem port geography in China, and the important opinions from foreign researchers on Chinese port system and shipping market competition. Then, we concluded and commented on the research characteristics of modem port geography, from its perspectives of research contents, research categories, research institutions and important research regions, which concluded its developing regularites and research path since 1950s. Finally, based on these discussions, we probed into the future research trends of modem port geography in detail, from the perspectives of research fields, research category and research institutions. This study concluded the research progress and developing regularity of modem port geography since 1950s, which will help enrich the theory system of this subject and its empirical research.