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Geography is a broad discipline linking human and natural sciences. Consequently, the department of Geography is involved with a wide interest of research and great variety of tasks in education and consultancy.
The Department of Geography co-ordinates interdisciplinary basic research and applied transdisciplinary involving its research domains and provides consultancy in these fields as well.
Education is provided for students in geography, land surveying, spatial and urban planning, archaeology, physical land resources, biology, civil engineering and regional studies at bachelor, master and PhD level.
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Liber Floridus book
Karen De Coene, Martine De Reu, Philippe De Maeyer, 2011. "Liber Floridus 1121, the world in a book", Uitgeverij Lannoo (192p.)
PhD Winter School - Second Edition (Leuven)
6-9 februari 2012
'Rural development in peri-urban areas.'
Most recent department A1-publications
De Vos, J., Derudder, B., Van Acker, V., & Witlox, F. (2012). Reducing car use : changing attitudes or relocating? : the influence of residential dissonance on travel behavior. Journal Of Transport Geography, 22, 1-9.
Ooms, K., Andrienko, G., Andrienko, N., De Maeyer, P., & Fack, V. (2012). Analysing the spatial dimension of eye movement data using a visual analytic approach. Expert Systems With Applications, 39(1), 1324-1332.
Boussauw, K., Van Acker, V., & Witlox, F. (2012). Excess travel in non-professional trips : why look for it miles away? Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 103(1), 20-38.
