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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
Nyssen, J., Diependaele, S., & Goossens, R. (2012). Belgium's burning coal tips : coupling thermographic ASTER imagery with topography to map debris slide susceptibility. Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie, 56(1), 23-52.
Balana, B., Muys, B., Haregeweyn, N., Descheemaeker, K., Deckers, J., Poesen, J., Nyssen, J., & Mathijs, E. (2012). Cost-benefit analysis of soil and water conservation measure : the case of exclosures in northern Ethiopia. Forest Policy And Economics, 15, 27-36.
Vermeulen, F., Corsi, C., & De Dapper, M. (2012). Surveying the townscape of Roman Ammaia in Portugal : an integrated geoarchaeological investigation of the forum area. Geoarchaeology-an International Journal, 27(2), 123-139.
