Professors' research interests
Faculty members, listed below, in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management pursue research in the following broad theme areas: Earth Systems Science, Geomatics and Development and Environment .
Earth Systems Science
- Claude Duguay - Remote sensing in northern hydrology, numerical modelling of ice growth and the thermal regime of lakes and reservoirs, and the study of climate-lake interactions, with specific interests in northern Canada (Quebec, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory) and Alaska.
- Chris Fletcher - Using numerical models to investigate large-scale
climate processes and climate change.
- Richard Kelly - Remote Sensing of the cryosphere, especially snow and ice environments, using ground, aircraft and satellite earth observation data
- Ellsworth LeDrew -
Arctic dynamic meteorology and atmospheric synoptic studies; remote sensing of sea ice and snow cover; micrometeorology; remote sensing of corals and impact of climate change and variability on coastal ecosystems.
- Merrin Macrae -
Biogeochemical cycling in natural and impacted systems (agriculture, wetlands, forest) under variable climatic regimes and following disturbance or land use change.
- Jonathan
Price -
Surface water and groundwater relations in wetlands; peatland restoration; forest hydrology.
- Micheal Stone - Environmental planning, water resources management and directed towards the study of land use change and its impact on surface water quality in both natural and built environments.
Geomatics
- Alexander Brenning - spatial classification techniques, geostatistics and terrain analysis, and their application in cryospheric research, mountain geomorphology and Precision Agriculture; assessment of spatial classification techniques, on landslide susceptibility modeling and the analysis of rock glacier distribution especially in the Andes (Chile, Argentina, Ecuador); geostatistical methods in precision agriculture
- Peter Deadman - Geographic information systems; natural resources management; common pool resources; computer modelling and simulation; artificial intelligence; recreation management; landscape architecture.
- Douglas Dudycha - Geographic information systems; applications of GIS in developing countries.
- Claude Duguay -
Remote sensing in northern hydrology, numerical modelling of ice growth and the thermal regime of lakes and reservoirs, and the study of climate-lake interactions, with specific interests in northern Canada (Quebec, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon Territory) and Alaska.
- Richard Kelly - Remote Sensing
of the cryosphere, especially snow and ice environments, using ground,
aircraft and satellite earth observation data
- Ellsworth LeDrew -
Arctic dynamic meteorology and atmospheric synoptic studies; remote sensing of sea ice and snow cover; micrometeorology; remote sensing of corals and impact of climate change and variability on coastal ecosystems.
- Jonathan Li - Satellite remote sensing and urban
mapping, intelligent object extraction algorithms, digital terrain modeling
and analysis, wireless sensor networks and spatial sensor web, environmental
modeling and visualization, WebGIS for disaster management, mobile
mapping systems and ubiquitous mapping
Development and Environment
- Jean Andrey - Transportation geography; road safety; risk assessment; global change.
- Judith Cukier - Tourism employment and entrepreneurship, gender and development, tourism and community development, marine parks, Southeast Asia, Caribbean.
- Peter Deadman - Geographic information systems; natural resources management; common pool resources; computer modelling and simulation; artificial intelligence; recreation management; landscape architecture.
- Brent Doberstein -
Resource and environmental management, with emphasis on developing countries; environmental impact assessment; sustainable development; capacity building; waste management; and natural hazards.
- Christopher Fletcher - Using numerical models to investigate large-scale climate processes and climate change
- Bruce Mitchell -
Integrated resource and environmental management; water planning and management; decision making and institutional arrangements; policy and program evaluation; community-based approaches to environmental management.
- Clare Mitchell -
Population growth, counterurbanization and heritage tourism within Canada's non-metropolitan settlements.
- Sanjay Nepal - Exploring the links between biodiversity conservation and tourism, particularly in areas of resolving conflicts between wildlife agencies and local communities, tourism impacts on the environment (in parks and protected areas, and remote communities), community participation, and local level development through tourism. Current research focus is in Nepal, Thailand and Western Canada.
- Paul Parker - Energy efficiency, renewable energy policy; Japan and the Pacific; local economic development; ecological footprint assessment.
- Daniel Scott-
Climate change impacts and adaptation, in particular the effects of climate change on tourism and recreation; protected areas and biodiversity conservation.
- Steffanie Scott - International development, food system sustainability, rural livelihoods, land reform, post-socialist restructuring, poverty, participatory development approaches, gender and ethnicity, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
- Tara Vinodrai - economic geography; urban and regional economic development and policy; creative and cultural economy of cities; labour market dynamics and workforce development; design, innovation and technological change
- Geoffrey Wall -
Tourism; recreation; socio-economic implications of climate change; Asia, especially China.
- Johanna Wandel - Human dimensions of global change; adaptation to climate change; vulnerability; drought management; agriculture and climate change.
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