Environmental Change and Human Adaptation along the Jiangsu and Shanghai Coasts during the Ming and Qing dynasties

Intro: Coastal regions constitute one of the most critical living environments for humanity today. In the context of global change, coastal human activities and their impacts have garnered significant attention from scholars across diverse fields. The Jiangsu and Shanghai coasts lie within China's eastern coastal zone. According to The Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong, 禹贡）, that region belonged to the mud flat area of ancient Yangzhou. Over extended periods, sediments carried by the Yellow River, Huai River, and Yangtze River have deposited in that area, shaping vast tidal flat plains. Taking that region as a case study, this lecture illustrates the intrinsic link between changes in the marine environment and human development, as well as the adaptive processes through which coastal populations expanded their territories and engaged in dynamic migration.

沿海地区是当前人类最重要的生存环境之一，全球变化背景下沿海人类活动及其影响受到不同领域学者的高度关注。苏沪沿海地处中国东部海岸带，《禹贡》记载其属于古扬州“涂泥”区域。黄河、淮河与长江携带的泥沙在此长期沉降，塑造了广袤的潮滩平原。以明清时期苏沪沿海为例，可以展现海洋环境变化与人类开发的内在联系，以及滨海人类向海拓殖、动态迁移发展的适应过程。

Bio: Bao Junlin is an Associate Professor at the Center for Historical Geographical Studies of Fudan University and a member of the Marine Geography Committee of the Chinese Geographical Society. In 2014, he obtained his Ph.D. in Historical Geography from Fudan University, and from 2014 to 2016, he conducted postdoctoral research in Geography at Nanjing University. His primary research focuses on regional environmental history and historical geography, with an emphasis on how human societies have responded to historical environmental changes. He has published books including Tidal Flat Environment and Historical Eco-geography of the Jiangsu and Shanghai Coasts.

鲍俊林，复旦大学历史地理研究中心副教授，中国地理学会海洋地理专委会委员，2014 年在复旦大学获得历史地理学博士学位，2014-2016 年在南京大学地理学博士后研究；主要从事区域环境史、历史地理研究，关注人类社会对历史环境变化的响应，出版《潮滩环境与苏沪沿海历史生态地理》等专著。