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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Climate & Earth

Focus on human-environment interactions in the context of a changing environment and climate.

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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

Investigating the socio-hydrological resilience of farmer-led irrigation in Ethiopia and Ghana (FWO Senior Postdoc)
Landscape Character Assessments In Urban Areas
Investigating the provenance of sediment in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia (UGent BOF)
Development and evaluation of physical parametrisations in climate models for the tropics (Ph.D. UGent BOF)

Project research in the spotlight

The Thermal Geography of Cities: Using Remote Sensing to Analyze Urban Morphology and Heat Islands
Restore-Connect - Restoring Connectivity and Landscape Coherence
MiLAND - The impact of migration on landscape identity in an urban and a rural context
Landscape Character Assessments In Urban Areas
Smart crowd security management through adaptive routing
Quantifying resilience of traditional smallholder farming systems and natural resources in the context of conflict and war: a case study of Northern Ethiopia (VLIR-UOS SI)
Supporting early-warning systems and nature-based solutions using opportunistic rainfall monitoring in Rwanda (VLIR-UOS TEAM)

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