地缘政治学与环境决定论

环境决定论的核心是把自然环境作为人文现象的基本原因和驱动力。决定论的地缘政治学从地理中寻求政治的权力来源和决策依据。与决定论思想针锋相对，人-境关系的可能论（或然论）思想认为人-境关系取决于机遇和人的选择。所以，在人与环境关系的链条上还有文化、技术和组织形式的中介过滤过程。这就需要把环境要素对决策的关系与环境要素对决策实施结果的关系区别开来。

Geopolitics and Environmental Determinism

The core of the environmental determinism is the attribution of human phenomena to natural factors. The determinist geopolitics strongly believes that geography determines politics, makes the source of power and gives directions of decision - making. Contrary to the determinist ideas the possibilism or the probabihsm holds that the truth about man - environment relation is up to human choices that are greatly diversified due to diversity of culture, technology and institution. Under the filtering of diversifted cultures, technologies and institutions the meaning of natural environment has to be a function of human attitude, target and teohnology. This constitutes the framework of the development of geopohtical ideas. This also makes the distinguishing necessary between the influence upon decision - making and the influence upon the results of decision - making.