以1997年工程与环境地球物理国际学术会议的论文及报告为基础，分析了该学科的国内外发展现状，探讨了应予重视的研究方向。电阻率成像、地质雷达、层析成像、核地球物理近年发展较快；环境地球物理仍处于发展的初期阶段。近期应重视并加强对电磁成像、面波成像、污染监测调查技术、环境遥感监测技术、矿山地球物理技术和水下探测技术及地球物理场环境效应的研究。

Abstract Base on the papers presented during the International Symposium on Engineering and Environmental Geophysics (ISEEG'97) hold in Chengdu, China, a review on the progress and evolution of environmental and engineering geophysics is presented in the article. Much progress in resistivity tomography, ground-penetrating radar, seismic and EM tomography, nuclear tomography have been made in these years. Environmental geophysics is still in its initial stages. Greatattention should be paid to the studies on resistivity and EM imaging, surface waves imaging, techniques in the detection and monitoring of contamination, remote sensing techniques for the monitoring of contamination, mine geophysical technique and subaqueous geophysical technique.