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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">gesj</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-9388</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2542-1565</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian Geographical Society</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24057/2071-9388-2015-8-4-54-63</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">gesj-84</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>SUSTAINABILITY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Устойчивое развитие</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>ENVIRONMENTAL MECHANISM OF REGIONAL LONGEVITY IN CHINA</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Wang</surname><given-names>Wuyi</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">wangwy@igsnrr.ac.cn</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Li</surname><given-names>Yonghua</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">face@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Li</surname><given-names>Hairong</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">face@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Yu</surname><given-names>Jiangping</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">face@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Yang</surname><given-names>Linsheng</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">face@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Wang</surname><given-names>Li</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Department of International Health, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">face@neicon.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences</institution><country>China</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, , Maastricht University</institution><country>China</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2015</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>12</month><year>2015</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>54</fpage><lpage>63</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Wang W., Li Y., Li H., Yu J., Yang L., Wang L., 2015</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2015</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Wang W., Li Y., Li H., Yu J., Yang L., Wang L.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Wang W., Li Y., Li H., Yu J., Yang L., Wang L.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/84">https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/84</self-uri><abstract><p>The integrated study on environment of typical China’s longevity areas was conducted by using comprehensive methods of health geography. It was found that Chinese longevity areas mainly located in the south China and clustered in Sichuan-Chongqing, Central plain and Southeast region, the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta; in which drinking water was of weakly alkaline, Se, Fe, K content was moderate, higher content of Ca, Co, Mn, and low Cr, Cd, Pb; the concentration of trace elements benefit for health in soils and food staples was higher; hair of centenarians had higher Li, Mg, Mn, Ca, Zn content, lower concentration in Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni; healthy centenarians were also benefited from a favorable social environment factors, such as physiological health, psychological state, light meals and higher proportion of vegetables. The study was the first time to reveal quantitatively the relationship between longevity and the natural and human environment, and provided a scientific basis for the promotion of development of China’s longevity area, to achieve the construction of ecological civilization</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>regional longevity</kwd><kwd>environment</kwd><kwd>centenarians</kwd><kwd>chemical elements</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Chojnacka K., Górecka H., Chojnacki A., Górecki H. (2005) Inter-element interactions in human hair. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 20: 368–374.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Chojnacka K., Górecka H., Chojnacki A., Górecki H. (2005) Inter-element interactions in human hair. 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