Unified by a common theme of computational spatial science, our research faculty provide expertise in the development, implementation and application of state-of-the-art methods of geospatial analysis to social, economic and environmental problems where the role of place, space and interaction is central. Research includes the examination of individual spatial behavior, the study of urban sprawl and neighborhood dynamics, and the analysis of regional and international economic growth and convergence patterns.
Overview
The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning is home to leading scholars in the areas of spatial and space-time data analysis, geographic information science, remote sensing, cyberinfrastructure, economic systems, transportation systems, and urban and regional science. This research cluster of faculty is unified by a common theme of computational spatial science and provides expertise in the development, implementation, and application of state-of-the-art methods of geospatial analysis to social, economic and environmental problems where the role of place, space and interaction is central.
Research spans a wide array of spatial scales from the application of methods to examine individual spatial behavior to the study of urban sprawl, neighborhood dynamics, regional and international economic growth and convergence patterns.
The techniques developed and investigated are applied to better model and explain land use/land cover changes, to identify natural resource usage and transportation system efficiencies, to optimize business location and performance decisions, and to integrate socio-cultural characteristics in spatial pattern detection for environmental, health and economic contexts.