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Peter Deadman

Peter Deadman
Associate Professor and Chair
Geography and Environmental Management

Contact Information:

Phone: +1-519-888-4567 ext. 33404
Office: EV1 - 114
Email: pjdeadma(at)uwaterloo.ca
Personal Homepage: Visit Website

Degrees:

Ph.D. School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, United States, 1997

Research Interests:

My current research interests are focused on the following projects:

  1. LUCITA: An agent based simulation of land use change in the Brazilian Amazon
  2. Modelling wetland vegetation response to climate change
  3. The application of Geographic Information Systems and hydrological models in resource management applications, both in Canada and China.

Research Grants/Projects:

  • The Tap Runs Dry: Lessons Learned and Forgotten by Southern Ontario Communities During Past Severe Droughts and Implications for Climate Change
    • With Linda Mortsch ( AIRG ). This study is intended to focus on temporal changes in drought impacts and responses in southern Ontario communities. These time dependent changes are evaluated based primarily on a comparison of water resources-related impacts from several recent and historical droughts in southern Ontario. The analysis provides insight into the ability of drought-sensitive segments of communities and institutions to adapt to variations in the regional hydrological cycle.
  • Global Markets, regional landscapes, and household decisions: Modelling the history of the transformation of the Amazon estuary.
    • With Miguel Pinedo-Vasquez (Columbia University), Eduardo Brondizio (Indiana University), Christine Padoch (New York Botanical Garden), and Robin Sears (Columbia University). This project will use multiple methods to understand the complex history of the changes in economic, demographic, and resource management patterns in the Amazon River estuary. This work will include the development of an agent based simulation, based on LUCITA, to explore the interactions between forces influencing land use change in the region.
  • LUCITA - Agent-Based Simulations of Land Use Change in Amazonia, Brazil
  • An Agent Based Simulation of a Watershed Management Institution in the Trent Severn Waterway, Ontario.
    • With Linda Mortsch of the Adaptations and Impacts Research Group of Environment Canada, we are using field surveys, interviews, and linked agent based and hydrological model to explore the potential impacts of climate change on a variety of stakeholders within the Trent Severn Waterway. This research was funded by SSHRC.
  • Ecoplan China
    • I am participating in the CIDA funded Ecoplan China project, focusing on the implementation of GIS programs in Dalian and Hainan and the application of integrated GIS and hydrological models to watershed management for the Biliu River and Tsung Tao Reservoir in China.

Contact Paul Deadman for more information on research opportunities.

Graduate Student Supervision:

 
# of students currently
supervising/co-supervising
Total # of student
supervisions/co-supervisions
Masters
6
16

Recent/Key Publications:

  • Atkinson D.M., P. Deadman, D. Dudycha, S. Traynor. 2005.  Multi-Criteria Evaluation and Least Cost Path Analysis for an Arctic All-Weather Road. Applied Geography 25 287-307.
  • Deadman, P.J., Robinson, D.T., Moran E., Brondizio E. 2004. Effects of Colonist Household Structure on Land Use Change in the Amazon Rainforest: An Agent Based Simulation Approach. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 31(5), 693-709 .
  • Schwartz, R.C., Deadman, P.J., Scott, D.J., and Mortsch, L.D. 2004.  GIS Modelling of Climate Change Impacts on a Great Lakes Shoreline Community. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 40(3) 647-662.
  • Hare, M. and P.J. Deadman. 2004. Further Towards a Taxonomy of Agent Based Simulation Models in Environmental Management.   Mathematics and Computers in Simulation. 64(1) 25-40.
  • Parker, D.C., Manson, S.M., Janssen, M.A., Hoffmann, M.J., Deadman, P.J. 2003. Multi-Agent Systems for the Simulation of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change: A Review. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 92(2) 314-337.
  • Deadman, P.J. and E. Schlager. 2002. Models of Individual Decision Making in Agent Based Simulations of Common Pool Resource Management Institutions. in: Integrating GIS and Agent based Modeling Techniques for Understanding Social and Ecological Processes. ed. by. R. Gimblett, Oxford Press and the Santa Fe Institute, 137-169.
  • Lim, K., P.J. Deadman, E. Moran, E. Brondizio, and S. McCracken. 2002 Agent-Based Simulations of Household Decision Making and Land Use Change near Altamira, Brazil. in: Integrating GIS and Agent based Modeling Techniques for Understanding Social and Ecological Processes. ed. by. R. Gimblett, Oxford Press and the Santa Fe Institute, 277-310.
  • Deadman, P.J., K. Lim, D. Robinson, E. Moran, E. Brondizio, and S. McCracken. 2002. LUCITA: Multi-Agent Simulations of Land-Use Change near Altmira, Brazil. In Agent-Based Models of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change ed. by D.C. Parker, T. Berger, and S. Manson. LUCC Report Series No. 6. 59-63.
  • Deadman, P.J., G.B. Hall, D. Dudycha, L. Elliot, and T. Bain. 2000 Interactive GIS Instruction Using a 'Multimedia Classroom' The Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 24(3) 365-380.
  • Deadman, P.J., E. Schlager, and R. Gimblett. 2000. Simulating Common Pool Resource Management Experiments with Adaptive Agents Employing Alternate Communication Routines. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. Vol. 3, no. 2. Published online at http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS.html.

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Courses Taught:

  • GEOG 165: Introduction to Cartography and Remote Sensing
  • GEOG/PLAN 255: Data Management and Analysis using Geographic Information Systems
  • GEOG/PLAN 355: Spatial Data and Spatial Databases
  • GEOG 452: Resource Management Project
  • GEOG/PLAN 455: Applications of Geographic Information Systems
  • GEOG 607: GIS Applications