Department of Geography

Research within the department

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3D Data Acquisition

Collecting terrestrial data using a wide range of topographic and photogrammetric devices, remote sensing and photogrammetry, bathymetry,...

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Cartography & GIS

Using modern methods and developing innovative technologies in multidisciplinary projects in cartography and GIS.

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Landscape Research

The holistic and interdisciplinary approach to landscape, integrating a wide variety of topics, characterised by regional and spatial differentiation.

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Physical Geography

The interaction between geomorphological processes and human influences, specifically the effect of changes in land use land management, hydrology and climate on the earth's surface.

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Social and Economic Geography

Displacement behaviour, urban logistics, urban policy, world city network, land-use modelling and location decisions.

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PhD research in the spotlight

Attribute Trajectory Analysis: Analyzing the Dynamics of Non-Spatial Data as Trajectories
Adaptive Mobile Indoor Route Guidance - The Next Big Step
Virtual interlining in the European airport network and the quest for new datasets in air transport geography
Modelling of the Scene Complexity of Navigation Environments and Visual Areas of Interest for Egocentric Pedestrian Navigation Systems Using Street-View Panoramas
Optimising daily police patrol: Towards better matching police supply and demand by directing police in space and time
THE HAPPY TRAVELER - Connecting undirected trips to travel satisfaction, positive utility, and subjective well-being

Project research in the spotlight

A global analysis of polycentric urban regions
What does landscape mean to people? Investigating the holistic human-environmental relationship
Towards a methodology for landscape characterisation in Flanders
A Climate resilient future for the Lake Tana Development Corridor: The Bahir Dar University IUC project (Phase II)
MiLAND - The impact of migration on landscape identity in an urban and a rural context
Integrating public transport and spatial development: Identifying opportunities drawing on node-place modeling
Survey 'Cycling in the dark and dark'
Smart crowd security management through adaptive routing

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