GEA research areas
Ph.D. in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis - Sample Research Areas
Examples of potential themes for dissertation research in geospatial and environmental analysis include:
- Deforestation
- Treeline ecotone change
- Precision forestry
- Urban forestry
- Endangered species
- Invasive species
- Human impacts on the environment
- Biodiversity conservation
- Fish habitats and species migration corridors
- Spatial modeling of spawning habitat suitability
- Visualization in fisheries management
- Visualization enhancement with large format high-resolution displays
- Vulnerability analysis in relation to bioterrorism
- Natural hazards mitigation
- Environmental health
- Epidemiology
- Climate and disease
- Environmental change at the rural-urban fringe
- Wildlife-human interactions