Humans play a significant role in shaping the Earth’s surface. The factors include production, living, resource development, water conservancy projects, road building, and urban and rural construction, which have profoundly changed the natural environment and landscape.
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(2020). Cultural Factors of Landscape Formation. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_435
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